[MRCA] Wear NH MV Show AAR/TTY OPS

[Tim]

Very cool setup Mark!  Envious!
I found that my PRC-47 with the CV-2455 RATT converter (as you are also
using in the jeep) produces a useful RATT system but the transmitter spurs
are pretty bad.  I stopped using it after I looked at the waterfall display
of the transmitted signal on the air.  With the 400 hz PS whine and
harmonics coupled with mark/space tone harmonics getting past the 500 cps
filter the resulting signal is pretty "ratty" looking on mine.  I need to
continue diving into that problem with this system.  I wonder if you have
looked at your signal spectrum-wise.  Hopefully it is cleaner than mine..
Nice job - have fun with it!
Tim
N6CC

On Sun, Jul 28, 2024 at 7:20 AM MilComm Guy <m38inmaine at gmail.com> wrote:

> As stated in the previous sundays post I arrived Monday afternoon to the
> rally site and set up camp, my activities started on Tuesday.  Tuesday
> morning I headed over to the KW1I QTH to do some pre planned
> welding/fabrication repair on his M886 cab mounts, while there I was given
> a tour of the shack and given a chance to guest co host the M&S net,
> repairs complete I headed back to the rally site and arrived around 1530.
> Wednesday I repaired a leaking M151A2 rear differential axle seal, when I
> pulled the flange I noticed it was split in two, the owner was able to
> source one from a friend nearby and the repairs were completed.  My brother
> arrived that afternoon and we re located camp to his motorhome(glamping).
> Thursday I set up my vendor site, this is where I peddle my no longer
> needed OD treasures and left over vehicle restoration parts, also provides
> shade and a close eye on more OD goodies that I don't need.  I jumped on
> the M&S net at Dale's M886 at noon, Charlie made an appearance( WA1GON)and
> browsed the treasure of the vendor sites.
> Friday WB2JWU and KK1K arrived on site, sales were good on Thursday but
> Friday was the best day, probably freshly cashed paychecks in the pocket.
> I met up with Mark, Ken's(SK)best friend, he had a good assortment of the
> estate there to sell, I was lucky to purchase a nice GSB-900 and a PRC-126,
> the GSB will be the new dedicated M&S set in memory of Ken.
> Saturday was a bust on sales, I sold $5 and the crowd was very slim,
> mostly families checking out the vehicles and just wandering around.  I set
> up my M151 over by dale's site to attach his doublet to my PRC-47 so I
> could operate on the RATT net at 9AM.  I was only able to copy one station
> and that was Ray who was nearly 90% copy, I put out my call several times
> with no reply that I could copy.  I had terrible noise on the channel and I
> found that the camper next to Dale was emitting hash from a solar charge
> controller/system and made copy very difficult.  I packed up at noon and
> arrived home at 1930 Saturday night.
> [image: DSCN0462.JPG]
> M151A2 FAC MITE RATT OPS at the show.
> [image: DSCN0463.JPG]
> Dale KW1I the "RAMROD" of parking at the show answering COMMO questions.
>
> 73
> Mark
> K1HF
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