Now THAT was really cool Craig! I didn;t know that you could decode RTTY with half the signal. I'm currently working JS8Call with a 4 watt out SDR (software defined radio). Worked Germany two days ago, and Tasmania last month with it.
On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 11:43 AM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jul 2023 09:55:25 -0500 "M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes" > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Well, WE really had it toof! 110 baud on a tin can with a string using > > a teletype with a worn out ribbon, and WE LIKED IT!!! ;D > > > > (ectually, 300 baud on an old TRS-80 Model 100 portable, and when I got > > an external 1200, that was BLAZING FAST! ) > > When I was a sophomore in college, I set up my Hallicrafters SX-38C and > tuned in a shortwave teletype news station. I then fed the audio to a > diode and a very sensitive relay and used the relay's contacts to provide > power to an ASR-33's input. > > When tuned properly (with the correct part of the audio shift keying set > to zero beat), the teletype printed out the news, even before radio and > television stations broadcast it. > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you are wearing." "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Werner Von Braun "In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be doing it." -- Richard W. Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
