I started my RTTY career using 2125 and 2975 tones... until those young brats started pushing the envelope (or should I say, squeezing the envelope) with those 170 Hz tones... things were much simpler in those good ole days... your betcha... the smell of a well oiled machine, a whiff of ozone from the commutator, polar relays! (hey remember them?), and the quiet roar of all that machinery pounding out your CQ's... It was great... well, except for two things... having your platen pounded to death at the right margin, and coming home to find a half roll of paper behind the machine because some smart-a** thought it was cute to auto start your machine and feed it 15 minutes of line feeds. Yep, the good ole days... ! ! !
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Becker, WØJAB" To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Operating FSK RTTY in a contest ? It once was very easy to copy RTTY when *everyone* used 2125 and 2295 Hz tones. Then came the 200 Hz shift TNC's and now you have sound cards and people that are up side down with their tones. And please don't get me started on no CR/LF after 70 or charters.
