[GreenKeys] 1st RTTY copy

[Richard Dillman]

>Well I went a lot farther down the slippery slope today - thanks to my
>"buddy" John K4OZY who loaned me a model 28 skintight this AM.
>
>I hauled it down to the basement (oof!), futzed around for a while hooking
>it up to a CV-89A demod ($9 off ebay) connected to my FRR-59 rcvr (also
>ebay), and kluging up a loop supply. Gear on 3 different benches, wire
>running all over the place, and all held together with alligator clips, but
>eventually it seemed like it ought to work, so I tuned in KSM on 12.631 mc.
>Oops, switch from reverse to normal and......
>Holy Cow! - recognizable words being printed out of thin air.
>
>I love it - vintage coast station RTTY cross country to 350 lbs of USN rcvr
>& demod to a Model 28.
>Set the wayback machine to 1959, Sherman!
>73 & Have Fun,
>Nick KD4CPL

Heh.  Great!  You have made our day, OM!

RD

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Richard Dillman, W6AWO
Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM
Maritime Radio Historical Society
http://www.radiomarine.org
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