[GreenKeys] ASR 33 question - stop bits?

[Jeffrey Angus]

On 11/26/18 9:24 PM, Frank Knutzen wrote:
> As a MARS operator, that didn't always work as
> many of the civilian stations we worked had a lot
> of distortion on their signals. So while they were
> sending their "quick brown fox" we would often
> open the machine and adjust the range finder on
> the fly to get good copy. Had to do both printer
> and reperf so it was sometimes a real race.
Unfortunately, Hams are notorious for the "close enough is good
enough" method of operating. It's traditional. There was an article
in the May 1947 QST, "Relax, men! Use haywire." After throwing
together a rig using some truly awful construction methods, when
the results are less that stellar, the explanation is "Guess the band
conditions are terrible." Because you know, it couldn't possibly be
due to the way the rig as put together.

I've been doing RTTY for the past 45 years of the 50 that I've been
licensed. I've seen and heard some truly awful setups.

Jeff

-- 
"I am a river to my people."
Jeff-1.0
WA6FWI
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