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Project TouCans: First Teletype Over 2 Meters With KO6BTY’s CQ Decode

 We pushed the teletype prototype for Project TouCans further today! KO6BTY transmitted a CQ call on 2 meters, and I managed to decode it—at least semi-successfully—through audio from my K6 UVK5(8). It’s not perfect yet, but it’s another good sign that Project TouCans’ RTTY experiment is working. For those that don't remember, or weren't follwing along, I started workign on the possibility of teletype using Project TouCans back in May . I didn't have the time to add a frequency change relay and possibly a different internal keyer to TouCan's Rockmite, so I settled on converting the microPython code intended for TouCans into JavaScript that could be run on the blog using GPT. It worked. I knew this right away becasue DroidRTTY decoded the audio output of the blog page app. Meanwhile, CW on 2 meters has become kinda popular lately thanks to  KI7QCF . My mind put the two topics together today, and voila! Here's a video that explains it all. The semi-successful decode...