[ARC5] Shift-pot RTTY circuit wanted

Richard Knoppow 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Sun Apr 7 15:22:20 EDT 2019


    You might try posting to the Greenkeys list, dedicated to 
RTTY someone there might know.
    If you are going to take up RTTY again the list will prove 
very helpful.

http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys

On 4/7/2019 12:00 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> Many years ago, in the 1960s, I was quite active using RTTY both for MARS and for
> amateur radio traffic handling.
> 
> At the time, for amateur use, I was using a Heathkit VF-1 VFO, which had been given to me
> and which I had "re-kitted". I remember being surprised at how well the VF-1 worked and at
> how stable it was.
> 
> The VF-1 drove my much-modified DX-35, which then drove my BC-610E, modified with a
> 304TL in the final, to a full kW input for RTTY.
> 
> Somewhere, I had found a very simple "Shift-Pot" FSK circuit which I added to the VF-1,
> and which I keyed with the RTTY gear's keyboard. The setup worked very well and was very
> reliable.
> 
> Lately, I have been interested in re-visiting my entire setup, since at the time, I didn't know
> very much about electronics, but despite searching all over the net, and looking in my small
> collection of ARRL Handbooks, I have not yet found that circuit.
> 
> Can anyone here help with that?
> 
> Ken W7EKB


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Richard Knoppow
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