just curious anyone interested in trying vhf rtty
Ian VA7SW
This was something we did in the early 1980's prior to packet radio.
Even my homebrew TU worked well on VHF RTTY compared with its dismal
performance on HF. We had an active contingent of local hams who used
RTTY on meters. In fact, they even built and maintained a regenerative
RTTY repeater
Rick,
Was that regenerative repeater in the Chicago area?
I remember someone used to send text pictures on one night. I have
one left that I sent to my father, it was a semi-truck and the title
was Keep On Trucking. But the paper is getting brittle and falling
apart. Had a Teletype Model 15
Hi Jerry,
The repeater was located on a farmer's silo on a ridge somewhere between
Trempealeau, WI and Winona, MN from what I recall. I did not have any
problem hitting it with modest power and antenna from Onalaska, WI. It
had pretty good coverage.
The one thing about regenerative repeaters
Rick
What was the shift used? In the St. Louis area there
was a 146.10 .70 repeater that used 850Hz shift.
Since I have not lived in the area for some 20 years now
I have no guess if it's still on the air.
I was pretty sure the shift was 170, but just got e-mail confirmation
back from the ham who was one of the main guys who set up the repeater
and he confirmed we used 170 Hz.
I would be very surprised if any RTTY repeaters still exist since packet
was so much better and could do so much more.
