[GreenKeys] HAL ST-8000 (New Toy)

[Kevin H. Phillips]

I should also mention that I use my ST-8000 in connection with another 
neat HAL device:  the DS-3100ASR.  I love it too.


Kevin


On 5/4/2018 4:40 PM, William Wuttke wrote:
> Thanks to Joe Gilliam, I’m now the proud owner of a legendary HAL 
> ST-8000. I never expected to be able to own one of these rare modems. 
> I’ve spent the past few days familiarizing myself with the manuals and 
> the unit. (A set of pdf manuals was graciously provided by Colleen at 
> halcomm.com <http://halcomm.com>.) The only thing I really had to do 
> was adust the CRT display centering and intensity controls. So far, 
> I’ve tested with all 3 ITTY feeds and actually copied yesterday’s W1AW 
> bulletin using my recently restored KWM-2 as a receiver. I copied 
> about 99+%. During the transmission, signal varied from S7 to S1 due 
> to fading, with a couple of complete dropouts. The only time I 
> actually had errors was when the signal totally dropped out.
>
> I finally got the MIC (AFSK/PTT) connector in the mail today and made 
> up a cable for the transmit side. I need to do some testing first, but 
> plan to get on the air soon with the ST-8000, ASR-33, and KWM-2. The 
> ST-8000 makes it easy to use a model 33 using the regeneration feature 
> (plus 20ma loop to RS-232 adapter) - plugs right in. I wonder how many 
> hams still use RTTY for normal QSO’s. I guess I’ll soon find out.
>
> For those who own ST-8000’s: I’ve never used the crossed ellipse 
> tuning indicator before and wonder what I should be seeing. With the 
> standard 2125/2295 45 baud signal, the ellipses are somewhat “tilted”. 
> The MARK is a little clockwise from horizontal and the SPACE is 
> somewhat counterclockwise from vertical. Is this normal?
>
> Having fun with my new toy,
>
> Bill
> KE3BK
>
>
>
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