[GreenKeys] 1st RTTY copy

[Ralph Mowery]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick England" <nick at 3rdtech.com>
To: <greenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 7:48 PM
Subject: [GreenKeys] 1st RTTY copy


> 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
>
>
That is great.  Nothing like seeing the old machines print their first few 
lines.