Angelo sent us this radio oddity. Good luck with this one.
Ace describes this radio as thus:
I don't know if you know what this is, but it's a Radio Teletype (RTTY) decoder for broadcast data. It works with various speeds and formats (ASCII, BAUDOT etc.), and it's like a 9600 baud modem, except it just dem's not mo's. (i.e. DEModulates, not MOdulates) and it works on broadcast signals rather than telephone line signals. The display unit is to see what's being broadcast. Others would operate directly into a modem or serial port in early computers. There are still RTTY transmissions on shortwave that can be decoded this way, but there are far more sophisticated solutions to the problem.
I don't know if you know what this is, but it's a Radio Teletype (RTTY) decoder for broadcast data.
It works with various speeds and formats (ASCII, BAUDOT etc.), and it's like a 9600 baud modem, except it just dem's not mo's. (i.e. DEModulates, not MOdulates) and it works on broadcast signals rather than telephone line signals.
The display unit is to see what's being broadcast. Others would operate directly into a modem or serial port in early computers.
There are still RTTY transmissions on shortwave that can be decoded this way, but there are far more sophisticated solutions to the problem.
Posted by: ace | January 31, 2012 at 04:04 PM
WOW. I have one of these brand new/mint in the box. I think it just went on sale ;)
Posted by: radioguy17 | February 02, 2012 at 05:32 AM