[GreenKeys] Great RTTY copy on 20m last night

[Nick England]

In spite of local thunderstorms causing some glitches, I had great fun
reading the mail on a long ragchew on 20M RTTY last night. Many thanks
to K6SAD and WB5HAK in case you're on this list.  - it was wonderful
to copy something other than 2200 millisecond long contest exchanges.

It is really nice to find a lengthy QSO when you're trying to line up
6 RF patch panel jumpers, 2 receive multicouplers. a 70-tube AN/WRR-2
receiver, a 20 x 48 line audio switch panel, a CV-89A/URA-8A which
hasn't been turned on in 50 years, and a 24 loop TTY patch panel
before the 28KSR starts clattering. Did I mention the CV-89, WRR-2,
and 28KSR are in racks that aren't visible from each other?

Why oh why did I think rigging all this together was a good idea?
Actually because a) I get a great sense of accomplishment whenever
something actually works, and b) I keep getting closer to the point
where I can connect anything to anything with the patch panels and
switchboards. Well, except for the fact that every RTTY converter I
have seems to have a different center frequency......

Anyway, great fun, and I'm all ready to work on copying WLO with the
maximum amount of vintage technology in the chain. Let's see - the
receiver audio feeds the CV-89 that keys an SGC-1 sending audio over
to a CV-2460 that keys a TH-39/UGT sending audio to a URA-17 that keys
the CV-2460 feeding audio into the SGC-1 which loops out to the 28RT
reperf whose TD then feeds the 28KSR.
Oh yeah, that ought to work just fine!

Of course I still need to get the UCC-1 running so I can stick a
multiplex tone pack in there somewhere...

cheers & thanks to all greenkeyers for your advice and encouragement,
Nick K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com