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Old March 11th 10, 09:11 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
bpnjensen bpnjensen is offline
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Default License confusion question

On Mar 11, 1:03*pm, Bob Dobbs wrote:
bpnjensen wrote:

RTTY? *Not a chance.


RTTY, or teletype uses a keyboard and monitor,
same as you use on this newsgroup.
You don't need to know a dot from a dash,
because it doesn't use them.
It's more of a hissing, warbling sound in a speaker,
not something the human ear could ever readily decode.

--

Operator Bob
Echo Charlie 42


Yeah, I know - but you should see me type. What you see on this page
is not what comes out of my fingers...this is the result of
painstaking review and correction, often multiple times. If I sent
RTTY, it would look like gibberish...

The **only thing** that I can type quickly and correctly is...

Bruce