In this section, the question pool committee removed nearly all of the questions about PSK31 and replaced them with questions about PACTOR. And please do forward this announcement to your local club or interest group.įiled Under: Operating Tagged With: RTTY, Teletype 2015 General Class study guide: Section G2E – Digital operating: procedures, procedural signals, and common abbreviations

The Greenkeys online group is an email list devoted to the discussion of older radio teletype (RTTY) gear including mechanical teleprinters (Teletype, Kleinschmidt, etc.), terminal units, paper tape, gears, cams, oil, and anything else related to TTY/RTTY. As long as you have your RTTY working why not join in the contest and then return to more GKN fun! (For info: ) Please note that there is a RTTY contest concurrent with GKN, the SARTG New Year RTTY Contest.

There are no points scored, but if you’d like to share with us your favorite or most interesting QSO (worked or heard), your log, and what equipment you operated with (including photos), please do. (A CQ macro is okay but you would have better bragging rights if you hand typed that too.)īut even if you don’t have any old equipment, do get on the air and have some fun QSOs the old fashioned way!Įmail to let us know you participated. Have a real conversation by hand typing it keyboard to keyboard. And maybe fire up that boatanchor rig that never gets enough air time. Real heavy metal Teletypes to be sure, but if that isn’t available: analog hardware modems, VT100 terminals, pre-Windows computers, etc.

The use of mechanical teleprinters is preferred, or simply get on the air with the oldest equipment you can scrape together. Please follow established band plans and be mindful of SKN QSOs. Operate on all authorized Amateur frequencies. Participants are encouraged to get on the air and simply make enjoyable, conversational RTTY QSOs. The term “greenkeys” itself refers to the color of the keys on Teletype machines. “Greenkeys” is not a reference to eco-friendly operating – though members certainly are keen on equipment recycling – but rather is a group dedicated to the restoration and use of vintage mechanical teleprinters and related equipment. As with SKN, GKN is an event and not a contest. The Greenkeys online group is happy to announce the first-ever Green Keys Night (GKN), to be held concurrent with Straight Key Night on January 1st, 2019, from 0000 to 2359 UTC. If you remember those big, clunky teletype machines, here’s an operating event for you….Dan

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