[MRCG] MRCG Clatternet

[Mark J. Blair]

We had a good net on 40m this evening! Conditions and signals were good. John WB6AZP suggested starting a bit earlier. What do y'all think?

Here's my log, starting at the CQ call. Non-RTTY-interested folks may not find the rest of this message interesting. But if you don't scan to the end, then you'll miss the URLs that AG6EB sent with pictures of his station! :)





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CQ CQ CQ MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X NF6X NF6X 
CQ CQ CQ MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X NF6X NF6X 
CQ CQ CQ MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X NF6X NF6X 

THIS IS THE WEST COAST MILITARY RADIO COLLECTORS GROUP RTTY NET!

NET CONTROL STATION IS NF6X LOCATED IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS NET IS TO DISCUSS, OPERATE AND ENJOY VINTAGE
MILITARY RTTY EQUIPMENT. YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE MILITARY
EQUIPMENT TO JOIN; ONLY AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT. ALL RADIO
AMATEURS ARE WELCOME.

THE NET MEETS ON SUNDAY EVENINGS AROUND SUNDOWN, PRESENTLY AT
20:30 PDT, ON STANDARD CHANNELS 3587, 7087 OR 10137 KHZ (AS
INDICATED ON A PRC-47 OR GRC-106) PLUS/MINUS QRM IN 1 KHZ
INCREMENTS. ACTUAL MARK FREQUENCY IS 1.575 KHZ HIGHER.
NET START TIME VARIES SEASONALLY FOR BEST PROPAGATION ALONG
THE WEST COAST OF USA.

FOR BEST COMPATIBILITY WITH VINTAGE MILITARY RTTY GEAR, WE USE:
    850 HZ SHIFT, MARK LOW, USB MODE
    SUPPRESSED CARRIER FREQ ON 1 KHZ INCREMENT
    AFSK MARK TONE   1575 HZ
    AFSK BAND CENTER 2000 HZ 
    AFSK SPACE TONE  2425 HZ

ANY STATION WISHING TO JOIN THE NET MAY CHECK IN NOW!

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MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
I READ AG6EB AND WB6AZP JUST FINE.
ANY OTHERS?


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NET ORDER FOR THIS ROUND WILL BE:
AG6EB
WB6AZP

THEN BACK TO NET CONTROL (NF6X)

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GLFOOOPS I MEANT AG6EB DE NF6X
FORGOT TO EDIT THAT LINE OF THE VIRTUAL TAPE LOL

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MDW
E AG6EB WAS CONFUSED FOR A SECOND HIHI.
HI GUYS, I AM AT LEAST FULLY MECHANICAL TONIGHT,
USING A WW2 VINTAGE BUT PROBBLY NOT ATUALLY MILITARY
MODEL 19 SET.
SET


WB6AZP DE AG6EB K
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MRCG CLATTERNET DE WB6AZP

VOKWHAT GOOD IS A CLATTERNET WITHOUT A BRAG TAPRE
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EQUIPMENT IN USE TONIGHT AS FOLLOWS
TRAN MITTER  T-195B  100 WATTS CARRIER
RECEIVER      R-392/URR
FSK MODULATOR MD-203/GR
DEMODULATOR   CV-278/GR
INTERCONNECTS  J-Q1194/GRC46
               J-668/GR
PAGE PRINTER   KLEINSCHMIDTHTT-98B/FG
TYP NG REPERF  KLEINSCHMIDT TT-76B/GGC
ANTENNA        MULTIBAND T
P VERTICAL
ADDITIONAL MONITORING WITH RECEIVER R-390AN TELETYPE MODEL 28ASR
AND DOVETRON TEMPEST TU

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MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
EXCELLENT, GUYS!
PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR RUNNING MODERN STUFF TONIGHT
I DO PLAN TO GET MY REAL RADIOS (WHICH HAVE MOTORS)
UP ON THE AIR IN MY COPIOUS FREE TIME HI HI.
GOOD COPY TONIGHT.
ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE?

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MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
JUST GOT N EMAIL FROM N6CC
HE IS COPYING US OK BUT HAVING TX TROUBLE

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CG CTTERNET D AG6EB OK WELL SINCE WE AR SENDING TAPES AND 
MY TAPE RADER IS WORK NG , HERIS ANOTHER:

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NAM: ERIC RIC
QTH: SAN FRANCISCO, CA SAND
ANCISCO, CA
LOC: CM87S CM87SS
EQUIP: ICOO7000, MDL GPO TELETYPE SET
       DIY DEMOD & FSK TU
BORN: 1972

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 HXEB AND THE CLATTERNET DE WB6AZP
PRETTY GOOD COPY HERE FROM ALL SO FAR BUT SOME NOISE HITSL
THIS RCVR SEMS PRETTY TOUCHY TO TUNE
HOPING WE HEAR SCOTT SOON WB6AS SHOULD BE TUNING US IN
BUT DONT KNOW IF HIS TX IS READY FOR ACTION YET
WAS WATCHING KELLYS HEROS LAST NIGHT AGAIN  GOOD RADIOS OF CORRECT
VINTAGE BUT NO TTY MACHINES IN HQ
NF6X DE WB6AZP K K
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MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
I CAN HEAR THAT T-195 DRIFT IN FREQUENCY AS IT WARMS UP
I BET IT STABILIZES IN CONSTANT TX DUTY THOUGH
WATCHED A FEW FILM NOIR MOVIES WITH THE FOLSKS LAST NIGHT BUT NO
MILITARY STUFF.
WISHING SCOTT GOOD LUCK WITH HIS TX.
AG6EB DE NF6X

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EB LLCOPYING YOU BOTH OK
BUT GETTING A BI WORS. IM BEEN WATCHINGWW1IDOCUMENTARIES
AND WODERING ABT FIRST USE O RATT IN MILITARY. MAYBE 1920S
ANYONE KCOW?

B6AZP DE AG6EB K
UWOE   DE WB6AZP  MOM PLEASE WILL ADJ FREQ
OK THAT SHOULD BE BACK
VDONT KNOW WHEN TTY USE IN ARMY BEGAN BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN PRE WAR
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DONT KNOW WHAT THEY STARTED WITH EITHER
A LOT OF M15 VARIANTS WERE CERTAINLY DEPLOYED
AND THEY CAME OUT IN VERY EARLY 30S
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MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT EARLY MILITARY TTY MAKE THAT RTTY USE
BUT IT IS AN INTERESTING TOPIC TO LEANR MORE ABOUT.
AG6EB, YOUR TX AUDIO HAS SOUNDED VERY WEIRD ON LAST TWO TX.
CAN STILL COPY, BUT LOTS OF AUDIO SPURS SHOW UP ON WATERFALL
DISPLAY. FIRST TIME I THOUGHT MAYBE SOMEBODY DOUBLED, BUT UT
HAPPENED AGAIN ON LAST TX WITH NO APPARENT DOUBLE,
MIGHT BE OVERDRIVING TX AND DISTORTNING?
ALSO, IT'S TOO BAD THAT I CAN'T TYPE VERY WELL HI HI.
ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE?

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MK
IOWEEYO NF6X DE N6CKH"CPKKKTUCBYNF6X NF6XF6X DE N6CC N6CC N6CC N6CC RYRYRYRYRYRYR
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MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
WELCOME BACK N6CC
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A TURN



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NET ORDER FOR THIS ROUND WILL BE:
N6CC
AG6EB
WB6AZP

THEN BACK TO NET CONTROL (NF6X)

N6CC DE NF6X K


BMHOLG TNF6X DE N6;: OK GUYS - I AM BACK....WHEN IN
DOUBT, PLEASE REMEMBER TO RECONNECT THE STUPID PTT CABLE
HI HI...I AM COPYING YOU ALL QUITE WELL, MOST SIGNALS ARE
ABOVE S7 S7 OR MORE....THE NAME HERE IS TIM, TIM AND THE
QTH IS SAN RAMON CA, ABOUT 25 HMILES EAST MF OAKLAND AND 
RUNNING THE USUAL PRC-47 AND THE CV-2455 CONVETRTER TO 
A DIPOLE, RECIIVING ON 
 R390 UING FLDIGI AS A INTERIM
RECEIVE SYSTEM UNTIL I GET THIS FIGURED OUT....I AGREE THAT
ERIC AD SOME BAD TRANSMIT AUDIO SPURS LASTTIME - MAYBE
OVERDRIVING THE TX...DUNNO....SO OVER TO YOU ERT..ERIC...
AG6EB DE N6CC K K K3./T


OK AUDIO HERE IXLBEING GENERATED BY A BREADBOARD N FRONT OF ME
ON THE DESK... ARE THE SPUS BETTER NOW? I SE MINIMAL ALC SO I HOPE

I FIXED IT DE AG6EB?
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FMUCH BETTER NOW
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OK GREAT THANKS. T IS IS USING A DIGITAL FREQ GENERATOR CHIP TO GE
RATE
AUDTIO AND FEEDING THAT TO IC7000, TTY LOOP THROUGH OPTO ISOLATOR
OSELECTING THVE DDS FREQUENCY, ALL HELD TOGETER WITH ALLIGATOR CLIPS
HIHIHI. GLD ITS BETTER... OK WB6AZP DE AG6EB K
JSEEQE
MRCG CLATTERNET DE WB6AZP

GREAT COPY TIM AND BETTER COPY ERIC.   HOPE YOU GET US A PICTURE
OF THE CLIP LEADS HOLDING EVERYTHING TOGETHER
I THINK IT WOULD BE A FINE RECRUITMENT TOOL LOT
VSOME FOLKS HAVE MORE FUN 
CONDITIONS ARE STILL PRETTY GOOD ONLY A FEW ROUGH SPOTS IN THE COPY
ALL SIGNALXS ARE ETTY STRONG WITH A LITTLE OCCASIONAL FADMING
WISH I COULD TYPE FASTER ON THIS THING. KEEP HITTING SPACE WHEN
I MEAN TO HIT LETTERS
NF6X  DE WB6AZP 
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I AM ALSO BAD AT TYPING ON A 5-BIT TTY. SHIFTING BETWEEN LETTERS AND
NUMBERS
MAKES MY BRAIN SEIZE UP SOMETIMES HI HI.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THAT ALLIGATOR CLIP SETUP. IT SOUNDS PERFECT
WHEN
NOT OVERDRIVING, AND NOW I KNW WHAT AN OVERDRIVEN TX SOUNDS LIKE, TOO.
I HOPE THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR PRC-47 RX WORKING AGAIN N6CC,
THE TX IS JUST FINE.
WB6AZP, NOW YOU'RE ABOUT 130 HZ LOW. NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL WITH
FLDIGI, BUT MIGHT BE TROUBLE FOR THINGS LIKE PRC-47 ADN GRC-122?
LOUD AND CLEAR THOUGHT.
I MEAN THOUGH.
I WONDER IF SCOTTY I MEAN SCOTT GOT HIS TX UP? WHY DON'T WE GIVE A 
LONG PAUSE TO SEE IF HE COMES ON, THEN FOLLOW THE SAME ORDER AGAIN.

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AZP  SCOTT IS ON THE PHONE HE IS TUNIG US
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COOL. IS HE READY TO TRY TX TONIGHT?

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VFINE NOW, YOU GUYS ARE STILL
STRONG HERE AB,,2-,$ MY NOISE LEVEL IS ONLY ABOUT S2 S2 SO
PLENTY OF SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO....JOHN - AR EYO..YOU
LOCATED ATYOUR HANGER OR AT HOME////??? GOOD SIGS..YOU
HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU MIGHT PREFER AN EARLIER NET TIME
IS THAT STILL BETTER FOR YOU??  ALSO, MAYBE CHUCXVN7UVZ
N7UVZ MAY BE MONITORING - HE WAS TRYING TO GET H S PRC47
AND CV 2455 GOING LAST WEEK...SO ANYONE ELSE WHANT TO 
TRY TO CHECK IN?? IF NOT OVERTO AG6EB, DE N6CC K K KXSAW
MRCG CLATTERNET DE AG6EB GLAD THE TX HERE SOUNDS BETTER,
I WILL SEND OUT PICS OF THE GEAR FOR SURE. I ALSO HAVE NO PROB
WITH PPL BEING OFF FREQ, ONCE I GET AUDIO GEN AND DEMOD IN
SYNC I CAN JUST TUN THE RADIO AROUN
 EASIY.
MAYBE A PAUSE AND THEN WB6AZP DE AG6EB K K
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MRCG CLATTERNET DE WB6AZP
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I AM IN THE HANGAR TONIGHT   AND ALWA WILL BE FOR RTTY
BEC
USE THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ALL THIS STUFF AT HOME .
I GOT AM EMAIL FROM W6KL IN BURBANK HE IS COPY NG US FINE
I WAS ON THE PHON WITH SCOTT HE IS HAVING TROUBKE WITH IS
GRC19  RECEIVER AND HASNOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND US YET  BUT HE I
CHECKING...    WHEN HE FINALLY GETS RUNNING HE WILL BE USING A MITE

MHOPING CHUCK N7UVZ FINDS ALOFHIS CABLES FOR THE TT4  HE WILL
GET HERE AT SOE POINT.V  AM GOING TO VISIT HIM IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS SO WILL PUSH... I DONT THINK HE NEEDS TGAT HOWEVE
SO BACK TO YOU MARK
NF6X DE WB6AZP
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MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
FINE BUSINESS EVERYBODY.
I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT CHUCK LOANED ME A GRC-26D DEPOT
MAINT MANUAL THAT HAS THE INFO I NEED FOR MY MD-293A!
I WILL SCAN THE HECK OUT OF THAT MANUAL AND SEND IT TO CHRIS
AT RADIONERDS!
IF CHUCK CAN HEAR US, THANKS A MILLION! I WILL ALSO EMAIL HIM
AND THANKS FOR THE REMINDER, GUYS.
WELL, I AM GETTING HUNGRY FOR A LATE DINNER. ONE MORE ROUND, THEN SHUT
HER DOWN?

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HMRCG CLATTERNET DE N6CC OK GUYSLMMMI HAD ALSO GOTTEN AN E MAIL FROM STEVE - W6SSP
W6SSP UP IN SANTA ROSA AND HE WAS HEARING US LAST WEEK BUT
WAS NOT QUITE READY TO JUMP IN- I BELIEVEHE SAID HE HAD
ALL MECHANICAL RATT GEAR READY TO GO OTHERWISE...MORE THE
MEMRRIER...CHUCK TOLD ME THAT HE BLEW THE PS TRANSISTORS IN
HIS PRC47 POWER SUPPLY AND 
TTING TO TRY NTE-180;'SHAS
APOSSIBLE REPLACEMENT - AND HE HAD SOME ON HAND - SO GOOD
LUCK CHCH!!  WELL THATS ALL FOR ME - STILL TRYING O FIGURE
OUT THIS DARNED RECEIVING CONVERTER PROBLEM - HARD O 
TROUBLESHOOT WITHOUT A LOOP GENERATOR AND AF SIGNAL FREQ
COUNTER BUT I'LL FIGURE IT ALL OUT...SO THAT'S IT FOR ME
 LISTENING OUT UNTIL NEXT WEEK  BTU - AG6EB DE N6CC 73..).$)
MRCL CLATTERNET DE AG6EB
OK HERE ARE PICTURES:
HTTP://WTRC.NET/TTY1.JPG
AND TTY2.JPG
BOY THAT IS HARDTO TYPE ON A TELETYPE HIHI
HOPE THAT CAME OUT OK, ONCE MORE HTP://WTRC.NET/TTY1.JPG
ETC. I;'LL EMAIL IF THATHDOESNT WORK. LOOKS WEIRD O
 PAPER!
OK WB6AZP DE AG6EB K K
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OK THAT WAS FUN AND WILL SEE EVERONE NEXT WEEK I HOPE
THANKS MARKS FOR HSOTIG AND RUNNING CONTROL
IF POSSIBLE MAYBE WE CAN START AT 8     A LITTLE EARLIER
73. AND SEE ALL YA ALL LATER
   NF6/X DE WB6AZ
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NPK

MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
STARTING EARLIER IS FINE WITH ME, LET US DISCUSS ON THE MAILING
LIST.
THE PICTURE LINKS WORKED! JUST JUST CUT AND PASTED INTO MY BROWSER
HI HI! THE RIG LOOKS WONDERFUL!

WELL, THANKS AND 73 GUYS. NOW LET'S SEE IF MY NET CLOSE MACRO WORKS:



MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X

THIS CONCLUDES THE MRCG CLATTERNET.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING!
WE NOW RETURN THIS CHANNEL TO REGULAR AMATEUR RADIO USE.

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