Re: [digitalradio] 144.???? Rtty

2007-02-25 Thread KV9U
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. 7

Re: [digitalradio] 144.???? Rtty

2007-02-25 Thread John Becker
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.

Re: [digitalradio] 144.???? Rtty

2007-02-25 Thread KV9U
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 i

Re: [digitalradio] 144.???? Rtty

2007-02-25 Thread Jerry W
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 1

Re: [digitalradio] 144.???? Rtty

2007-02-25 Thread Walt DuBose
I found that VHF ASCII to be just as good a mode as RTTY and it provided for better print without switching between caps and numbers. I ran VHF ASCII at 300 BAUD and 1200 baudbut that was 20 years ago. Walt/K5YFW va7s wrote: > just curious anyone interested in trying vhf rtty > > > Ian

Re: [digitalradio] 144.???? Rtty

2007-02-25 Thread KV9U
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 w

Re: [digitalradio] 144.???? Rtty

2007-02-25 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Sure ..but if I hear VA7-land on 2 metres I'll eat my rig! Andy K3UK On 2/25/07, va7s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: just curious anyone interested in trying vhf rtty Ian VA7SW -- Andy K3UK Skype Me : callto://andyobrien73 www.obriensweb.com

[digitalradio] 144.???? Rtty

2007-02-25 Thread va7s
just curious anyone interested in trying vhf rtty Ian VA7SW