[MRCG] MRCG Clatternet After-Action Report
Mark J. Blair
nf6x at nf6x.net
Sun Aug 24 23:41:30 EDT 2014
Great net this week, with six checked in. We even had contact with W6JVE in Fayetteville, Arkansas!
Ok, same time next week: 19:30 Sunday on 40 meters.
Net log as heard in Riverside, CA follows:
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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, PRESENTLY AT 19:30 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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RLQTAN
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MILITARY RADIO COLLECTORS GROUP CLATTERNET
DE WB6AZP IN SANTA PAULA
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MRCGCLSTTEVNETIDE NGYCC N6CC N6CC GOOD COPY SO FAR,,,DE N6CC
K K K
HM
MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
NET ORDER FOR THIS ROUND WILL BE:
WB6AZP
N6CC
K6FWT
THEN BACK TO NET CONTROL (NF6X)
WB6AZP DE NF6X K
SATM
NF6X AND THE RGROUP IS IS WB6AZP IN SANTA PAULA
GOOD COPY SO FAR ON BOTH OF YOU I AM USING THE FREQV
SYNTHESIZER FOR FREQ REFERENCE TONITE SO IT SHOULNDT DRIFT
BUT ILL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHY THE CXR IS SLIGHTLY DIFF THAN MY CALC
N6CC DE WB6AZP K K
U GLJWB6AZP ES NF6X DE N6CC WELL LHIGUYS, GOOD COPY HERE
YOU ARE BOTH ABOUT S5-7, S-5-7 WITH LOW NOISE...GOOD PRINGT
I CANT TYPE HA HA...MARK - YOU MAY HAVE S BIT OF TRANSMIT
SPUR MAYBE ON YOUR SPACE FREQ - POSSIBLE OVERDIRIVE A.9
MAYBE...JOHN THE SILICON VFO SOUNDSGOOD, STABLE, MWILL
TRY TO CHECK NREQ....ANYWAY, VOVER TO JIM IF HE IS COPYINB
K6FWT DE N6;:: K K KFXWNLYCC N6CC DE K6FWT K6FWT
NEED MOREV COFFEE TO HAKELP MY TYPING, HIHI;;
VGOOD COIY HERE ALSO.0(9,FIRM POSSIBLEIOVERDRIVING OF NAUDIO ON VTHE SIGN
AL
GLAD THIS IS VVWORKINGV
WTSKJSRK6FWT DE NF6X
OK, I TURNED DOWN MY DRIVE A BIT
DOES THAT AFFECT MY AUDIO IN A GOOD WAY, N6CC?
I WAS SET AT POINT OF NO ALC, BUT JUST TURNED IT A BIT LOWER.
Y'ALL ARE S9 HERE WITH K6FWT THE WEAKEST BUT STILL GOOD COPY.
GOOD BAND CONDX TONIGHT!
ANY BODY ELSE WANT TO CHECK IN BEFORE NEXT ROUND?
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VVDE W6JVE W6E W6JVE K
OK
EQI HEAR W6JVE W6JVE
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UKZER
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MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
NET ORDER FOR THIS ROUND WILL BE:
W6JVE
WB6AZP
N6CC
K6FWT
THEN BACK TO NET CONTROL (NF6X)
WB6JVE DE NF6X K
F DJE,W6JVE NOT HEARD. TRY AGAIN?
DE NF6X K
,2- DOK, WB6AZP TAKE IT, AND INSERT W6JVE AGAIN BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO ME
GUYS.
WB6AZP DE NF6X
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FDQ
MRCG CLATTERNET DE WB6AZP
OK I HEARD JIM AND W6JVE BOTH OK JIM IS WEAKEST.
NF6X SIGNAL SOUNDS BETTER BUT STILL A BIT ODD SOMETIMES HARD
TO COPY EVE THOUGH CARRIER IS STRONG.; IT MIGHT BE MY TUNING
THIS GRC19 SLASH 46 DENMOD IS DIFFICULT TO GET USED TO
SCOTT WB6AS IS MONITORING TOO HAVING SOME TROUBLE GETTING
HIS MITE TO KEY OR WORK IN THE LOOP SO HE CAN SEE WHAT HES TYPING
KEEP TRYING SCOTT MAYBE YOULL GET IT FIGURED OUT BEFORE
WE QUIT
GOOD TO HEAR JIM ON THE NET
OK THEN OVER TO TIM
N6CC DE WB6AZP K
JHF
WB6;"0 AND THE CLATTERNET DE N6CC TIM
IN SAN RAMON CA...GOOD PRINT ON ALL - I COPIED JIM OK, A
LITTLE WEAKER THAN YOU GUYS BUT GOOD PRINT OHERSIE..ME
QSB ON THE BAND BUT IT SHOULD SETTLE OUT SOON...I ALSO
COPIED W6JVE A LITTLE WEAK UZ..BUT ACCEPTABLE..MARK - VYOUR
ADJUSTMET WAS IN THE RTHT D RECTION: IT IMPROVED BUT STIL
A LITTLE SPUR SIGNAL IN THERE...I AM RUNNING 20 WATTS TO A
DIPOLE, SEEMS OK BUT STILL NO JOY WITH MY CV2455 ON REVX.
RECEIVE.../MYSTERIOUS....MTRE TO LEARN HI HI...SO OVER TO
JUMMMJIM...K6FWT DE N6CC K KKMKUEK6;FWT K6FWT DZVTO THE NET. GREAT TO BVE HEARD FOR ONCE! NO
MORE YELLING
INTO THE MIC, AT LEAST NOT ON SUNDAY VNIOGHTS, HIHI
VIM RUNNING THE SIGNAL INTO MY SHOERT VERTICAL AND WILL TRY THEIDIVPOLE
ANEXT TIMEV AROUND./ MUF I VPJETTY LOVW HERE VVSO IVLL SEND IT OV TO NF6XINF6X
LDE K6FWT
TTFAOK GUYS, I ADDED ANOTHER 3DB OF TX ATTENUATION, AND MY OUTPUT POWER
IS DOWN TO 50 WATTS NOT. DOES THAT HELP WITH THE SPURS?
LET'S SEE IF W6JVE IS BACK.
W6JVE W6JVE W6JVE DE NF6X NF6X NF6X K
XCBVVDE L6JVE W6JVE GG COPIED YOU THAT OIVN - I HADVA PROBLEM AND HAD TO
RESET
EVERYTHIN EARLIM GETTING PARTIAL COPY ON EVERYZTV HZRE IN ARKANSAS
, BUT
AT LEAST I AM GOING SOME COPY. GE ALL DE W6JVE K
DJPW6JVE DE NF6X
80 EIGHTY PERCENT COPY!
GREAT TO HEAR THAT WE ARE MAKING IT TO ARKANSAS AND BACK!
I AM RUNNING FLDIGI ON A MAC, TX WITH A YAESU FT450D
INTO 40 FT PEAK INVERTED VEE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO RUNNING THE GREEN GEAR ONCE I GET IT ALL
WORKING, THOUGH.
SOMEDAY I'LL BE QRO WITH THE T-368C ON RTTY, JUST LIKE ON VOICE!
ANY MORE CHECKINS BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND?
DE NF6X K
PTBAVVWBYWWB6-05STRONG CARRIER THERE, BUT NO COPY...
DE NF6X K
QACOK, LET'S GO AROUND AGAIN, AND SEE IF OUR CARRIER (SCOTT, MAYBE?)
COMES BACK AFTER THE NEXT ROUND!
MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
NET ORDER FOR THIS ROUND WILL BE:
WB6AZP
N6CC
K6FWT
W6JVE
THEN BACK TO NET CONTROL (NF6X)
WB6AZP DE NF6X K
RG
MRCG CLATTERNET DE WB6AZP
I THINK THAT WAS SCOTT NOT MUCH COPY HERE ON W6JVE
TRIED BOTH ANTENNAS TOO
GOOD SOLID COPY ON K6FWT AND N6CC NF6X IS IMPROVED
SO ITS WORKING GOOD ALL AROUND. DDNT COPY WHAT GEAR JIM IS
RUNING BUT I AM RUNNING SAME AS LET WEEK THE &4: OOPS
GRC19 SLESH 46 ABOUT Q 100 WATTS OUT INTO THE VERTICAL
AND USING
LIENSCHMIDT MACHINES WISH I COULD GET THE HANG OFTYPING
AD REMEMBERING FIGS AND LETTERSM ITS HARDER THAN IT LOOKS LOL
SO OVER TO YOU TIM N6CC DE WB6AZP
J
K
F
PXWB6AZP AND THE CLATTERNET, DE N6CC
OK GUYS, STILL GOOD PRINT ALL AROUND AND WELCOME TO JIM
W6JVE IN ARKANSAS?DID I GET THAT RIGHT? WOW, THERE IS A
LOT TO BE SAID FOR 40 METERS WHEN THE SIGNAL TO NOISE
RATIO IS COOPERATIVE HI HI..WONDER IF CHUCK IS LISTENENING
SOUNDS LIKE HE HAD HIS PRC47 POWE SUP LY FIXED BUT WAS
TRYING TO UNDER TAND HOL THE R..TRANSMITTER WAS BEHAVING -
VSEEMS LIKE HE IS PRETTY CLOSE TO GETTING IT GOING....ALSO
JIM UP NORTH - WHAT ARE YOK RUNNING? SOUNDS GOOD...M - THE
SPURS ARE GONE - NO WORRIES....SOIBACK OVER TO JIM..
KGYFWT DE N6CC K K KZZ
RN6CC NV6CC D K6FWT KLVUY HOW IS THIS SIGNAL/ RUNNING OV V THE DIPOLO
N6CC E K6FWT
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MDE N6CC IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER NOW..
WENT FROM S TO S9 S5 MTO S9 BK BKWXVFVGREATVVV! IT MY USUAL FOR THE SATURDAY AM NET BUT GLAD
ITS WORKVNG OK HERE
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40.
MY RIG IS ALL SONVID STAVTE;PIC-735DRIVEN VIA SIGNALIK USB AND FLDIGI
ON A NETBMOK ITO A DIPOVLE VFED VWITH LADDER LING AND CUT FOR 75MK. YOUT
YOUR SIGNAL ISVTHE CLEANEST, BUT EVERYONE Z ISPALS OINPROVING AS
THE S IG OO NOISE KEAVV....RATIO IMPROVERSLN HIHIM
VVWITH THAT ILLVSENT THISV ON TVO JIM (V9
VVWLVJVE 6JVE WVW6JVE DV K6FWT
FOXUX/T ISM W6;4;3 IN FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS - JIMII ANTENNA IS AN OFF CENTAR FEDH80
M DIPOLE VUPA BOUT 30 FM, THE INITIAL TRANSMITTER W
S AN IC7200 IHM
A PO
R MAC
G5 RUNIG F
IGI, NOW IT'S A KACHINAPIP A PC RUNNING LINUX AND FLDIG
I. SOMETHING
HUNG UPVON THE POWER MAC AND I HAD TO SWITCH.
I HAVE HPWRK YGPKX M LYQIT SUP, SO NOW THAT COMMUNICATION HAS
BEEN ESTABLQD MAYBE I CV GET ONE OF THOSE RNNING FOR OVPS NET.
ALTHOUGP COPY RIGHT NOW IE NMZ
TLTHATGOOD,MOE WILL IMPOVEV S
THE
YEAR GOEG ON. I'VE BEEN IN RTTY SINCE THE LLQOTPS. SO NICE TO HEAR
SOMEI85; SIFT ONCE AGAIN.
I'M GONNA SIGN OUT AS IT GETS LATER HERE EARLIECHTHAN IT DT OUT THERE
.
7, ALL , ENJOYED IT, DE W6JVE SK
IKHW6JVE DE NF6X
73 AND THANKS FOR JOINING US!
IT IS EXCITING TO HAVE A QSO FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONTINENT.
CONDX ARE GETTING WORSE, BUT STILL NOT TOO BAD COPY.
JIM K6FWT, DIPOLE WAS BETTER HERE IN RIVERSIDE. WENT FROM S9 TO
S910DB
I MEAN S9 PLUS 10DB.
KEEP FORGETTING THERE IS NO PLUS SIGN IN BAUDOT HI HI.
I WILL BE A MESS ONCE I SWITCH TO KLEINSCHMIDT GEAR.
THE LTRS AND FIGS SHIFT ALWAYS MAKES MY BRAIN SEIZE UP.
WELL, THIS NET WILL GIVE ME SOME PRACTICES!
I THINK I NEED TO KLUDGE SOME WAY TO MONITOR MY TX
ON THE WATERFALL WHILE I SEND SO THAT I CAN SEE HOW MUCH POWER I CAN
CRANK OUT BEFORE I START MAKING SPURS.
I'M SURPRISED I HAD TO TURN DOWN SO FAR, THOUGHT MY AUDIO SHOULD BE
GOOD AS LONG AS I' M NOT GETTING INTO THE ALC.
WELL IT WILL ALL CHANGE ONCE I SWITCH TO THE GREEN GEAR ANYWAY.
JOHN, YOU HAVE SMALL BUT NOT OBJECTIONABLE DRIFT EVEN WITH TEH SYNTHESI
ZER, SAY PLUS MINUS TEN HERTZ OR SO. I WONDER IF THE MODULATOR
DRIFTS EVEN WHEN IT HAS A ROCK SOLID INPUT FREQ?
I GUESS I WILL LEARN ALL ABOUT THAT WHEN I GET MY GRC-26D
AND GRC-46 RIGS ON THE AIR.
WELL, I'M RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY. ONE MORE ROUND THEN SHUT IT
DOWN, MAYBE?
WB6AZP DE NF6X K
GDTTXCLT
MRCG CLATTERNET DE WB6AZP
WELL THATS ABOUT THLYPACE ANY REMAINING DRIFT COULD COME FROM I
THINK. NO REASON IT SHTULDNT DO THAT
OOPS SORRY MISSED A LF
THRESHTWO OF THEM TO MAKE UP FOR IT. NOT MUCH COPY ON W6JVE
AND I SWITCHED RCV ON THAT ROUND TO THE R390 DOVETRON MODEL 28ASR
COMBOM. BACK ON THE GRC NOW WITH THE KLIENS.
RL GOOD COPY ON ALLTHISAST ROUN WITH THEONE ECEPTION
NN6X SIGNAL IS MUCH BETTER BEHAVED QM THE DEMOD MOPS DIDIT
AGA N. ORC DOOD THAT IS. JIM SIGNAL ABOUT THE SAME HERE ON
EITHER
EITHER ANTENNA. TOTALLY IMPRESSED WITH 100 PERCENT COPY
ON TIM WITH HIS 20 WATTS9 I THINK THE MIL EQUP WAS MADE
TO WORK TOGETHER. OBVIOUSLY. SO THEN HO ULLY NEXT WEEK
WE TRY AGAIN 73S AND THANKS FOR DOING THE NET
NY:
N6CC DE WB6AZP
K
NMG6AZP DE N6CC OK JOHN
COPY AVOK..AND THANKKS TO JIM NOR CHENKING LA FROM
MYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS...GOOD DEAL - YOU WERE ABOUT 2 S UNITS
ABOVE MY LOCAK NOISE BUT SOQL ABOUT 80 PERCENT PRINT....
I WILL ALSO THANK MARK FOR OEING THE BOSS HER!! GOOD JOB1
SO WITH THA I WILL LISTEN TUT UNTIL NEXT WEEK, VP VERS
SEEMUPTO BE WORKING AND WE WILL TVE TO LISTEN FROM RAY
IN AUSTRALIA AT OME POINT - WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CROSS
THE POND AT SOME POINT...YO 73 GUYS ACMVUL
K6FWT AND THE CLATTERNEO, CE M//DE NPCC KK
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XAD IN THE UVER WIOH POWERLV NE NOISEV AND SEAAIR NVVVGHT INTG ITVOVVOUT
HAHA! VVVJUM IN AR WAS ABOUT 70 PER CENT COPYERE AV VI JUST CHECKEDHE
.OY OUTVPUT VVVVMWER IS VSHOWIOVAS 7712 ON THE MER. MVPTHEAYV AN ANTE
S MAE OR BREAK IT;ILOOKS LIKE I VE AN EXCUYZ TO TINKER
TH MVY VERTIC
ALVO
THE ROO. ITIU 28 FEET AND NEED ANOTHER SECTION, BNUT I WANT TO
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IT DEATH STATUICVWN HIHI VO VVVTHIS GOEBAVC TO NET CONTROL MARK NF6X NN6X V K/FWT
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MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
GREAT NET, GUYS!
THANKS AND 73S
THIS EARLIER START TIME SEEMED TO HELP PROPAGATION.
SO LET'S START SAME TIME NEXT WEEK.
73S!
MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
THIS CONCLUDES THE MRCG CLATTERNET.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING!
WE NOW RETURN THIS CHANNEL TO REGULAR AMATEUR RADIO USE.
73 DE NF6X K
WEV MJYY & CLATTERNET DE AGLEB AG6EB SRI VISD YON WILL TRY TOICATCH NEXT
WEK! 73;; AG6EB SK
GGSPAG6EB AG6EB DE NF6X NF6X
SORRY, WE MOVED TEH NET START TIME AN HOUR EARLIER, ANNOUNCED
ON THE MRCG MAILING LIST BUT MAYBE YOU DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO IT?
WILL START AT 19:30 AGAIN NEXT WEEK, SEE OY
YOU ON THE AIR TEN!
THEN
DARN IT I CAN'T TYPE HI HI
73
DE NF6X K
EAIUOWM 19:2 IS NE WIVO MEN GENERWL, I WAS V OUTPTO DINNER TONIGHT THOU
TH! NOHQROBLEMS... LOTS T NOI H TONQHT AVFVMVPULISUBB
TO MRCGVVANYWAY. DE KEB AGEB K
IYNKPAG63B AG6EB DE K6FWT K6F9 EXCVTENT VCOPY H IN EUREKAN TVMV! GLAD TO
HVM OUVVVVIN THE GROUP. 73; C U NEXT TIM. VAG6EB DE K6FVWT SKSK
EBDENI
GYFWT DE AG63? THANKS! I'M ON CMVQUTER NOW, WL BE BACK ON TELETYPE
NEXTV TIME.AND HOPEFPU THE NEIGHBORSPIV SHUTVOFFITHEIR PLASMA TV.
HIHI. K6LTV AG6
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