About the format: These files are plain text containing only the Baudot (ITA2) character set — uppercase letters, digits, and punctuation. A carriage return without a line feed produces overstrike, printing multiple characters on the same position and creating dense shading effects. Files are rendered here using a JavaScript decoder faithful to the original behavior. Click any file to view it. Use the download button to save the raw .pix file for use with RTTY software.
This gallery’s renderer honors the original RTTY Art Viewer, written by
Bill Bytheway, K7TTY. His 1999 Java applet is what first put this collection
online, and the carriage and overstrike model his code worked out is still
what drives the rendering here today. None of this would exist without his
foundational work.
■ RTTY ART VIEWER
SELECT A FILE FROM THE LIST
TO RENDER IT IN THE BROWSER
ITA2 BAUDOT • OVERSTRIKE SUPPORTED • CR/LF AUTHENTIC
File format: .PIX files contain Baudot character-set text.
Uppercase A–Z, digits 0–9, and punctuation only.
CR (0x0D) without LF = overstrike (carriage return, no line advance).
LF (0x0A) = new line. All other bytes ignored.
• Callsigns in filenames indicate the originating operator.
• Files may be used freely in RTTY software and broadcasts.