[GreenKeys] RTTY Sigs

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:00:15 -0700

Scope is real handy for DX helps us understand what is going on with
recieving condition.I would agree though that a good ear is a big help. 73
gREGORY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne LeTourneau" <[email protected]>
To: "William J.Neill" <[email protected]>
Cc: "greenkeys" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] RTTY Sigs


> Well some of us are partly deaf and a scope is real handy, also looks nice
> when operating. We also consider ourselves REAL men.
> WB0CTE
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William J.Neill" <[email protected]>
> To: "Jack" <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 3:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] RTTY Sigs
>
>
> > Scope?  Whazzat?  I've been tuning by ear since at least late 1966 when
> > I was using AN/GRC-26C.  Later, back in USofA, had five AN/FRR-38's and
> > I could tell the shift by ear and by the swing of the ma meters on both
> > channels of the CV-116's.  Was lotsa good stuff floating around back
> > then.  Am running two real AN/FRR-38's at home, along with a hybrid
> > using two R-391's and a CV-116C.  To go fishing for a signal, I use only
> > my 51J4.  Real men don't need scopes.
> >
> > Bill Neill
> > Conroe, Texas
> >
> > On Saturday, June 14, 2003, at 02:35 PM, Jack wrote:
> >
> > > Larry,
> > >
> > > The MMTTY display is a copy of the old oscilloscope
> > > cross display that every diehard RTTY'er used. When the
> > > ST-5/ST-6 arrived on the scene, the tuning meter became
> > > the rage (cheaper). It worked well,. but there was nothing like
> > > that scope display. By that time, not every RTTY'er was
> > > a scrounger/builder and so the homemade scopes were
> > > no longer the norm. Only the higher priced commercial
> > > stuiff had a scope (like the ST6000 or the earlier Dovetrons).
> > >
> > > 73,
> > > Jack WA2HWJ
> > >
> > >
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