[GreenKeys] TTY today with NJ2BB

[Chuck Rehor]

Thanks, Nick and Harold and everyone!

I will tune in Saturday.

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 3:43 PM Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Chuck. That ham rig probably automatically selects LSB for RTTY and SSB
> modes on 40m. So you may have to force it to USB somehow. If not, try 7091
> LSB but the mark-space tones will be reversed. . In CW, you’d want to tune
> to 7089 and make the BFO -2000 Hz.
> We run 7087 USB with a 2000+-425 Hz tone mark-low which is a military
> standard that matches the equipment we use.
> Try listening Saturday morning at 0800 central time for our net. You
> should be able to hear us OK. From North Carolina I work Michigan, Vermont,
> and Florida OK.
>
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 4:21 PM Chuck Rehor <chuck at rehor.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello GK’s,
>> I do not have any working RTTY equipment, but am borrowing a HAM rig and
>> I built small wire antenna to try to pick up your signals in the
>> Chicagoland area. I’ve been listening on 7087.00 MHz USB from 3:00-3:20pm
>> (now) but I haven’t heard anything.
>>
>> Should I be able to pick up your signal from Chicago? Or are you too low
>> powered? The rig has an RTTY button which I have pressed, but I also tried
>> AM and SSB.
>>
>> Just curious. Someday maybe I’ll have the equipment to give you a run for
>> your money.
>> Chuck
>> W9CFR
>>
>>
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