[MRCG] Clatternet Tonight at 18:30 PDT

[Mark J. Blair]

Good net tonight! Sign-ins were:

NF6X (NCS)
WB6AZP
N6CC
KD6UDA
W6JVE

Here's the log, as heard in Riverside:


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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 18:30 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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NF6X  DE WB6 AZPAND THE CLATTERNET DE WB6AZP JOHN IN SANTA PAULA
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YOU ARE PLUS 20 AND RIGHT ON FREQ THIS EVENING

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LOUD AND CLEAR
SOMEBODY ELSE TRANSMITTING NORROW SHIFT ON OUR SPACE TONE, DIDN'T DECOD
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NET ORDER FOR THIS ROUND WILL BE:
WB6AZP
N6CC


THEN BACK TO NET CONTROL (NF6X)

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RUMWOEZNF6X AND THE CLATTERNET DE WB6AP JOHN IN SANTA PAULA
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VHI MARK AND TIM. SCOTT AND I WORKED ON TH EQUIPMENT THIS
WEEK AND FOUND OUT THE PROBKLEMS WE WERE HVING
THE . MD203 MODULATORS WERE OUT OF ADJUSTMET AND  WE WERE MAKING
WRONG ASSUMPTIONS ON FREQ AS FROM THE T195.
VWE ALSO DISCONNECTED THE CRYSTAL HEATERS IN THE MODULATORS
THEY WERE CYCLING AND CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DRIFT.
SO 
GOOD STRONG SIGNALS FROM BOTH OF YOU
OVER TO TIM
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TIM IN SAN RAMON CA RUNNING THE USUAL - PRC-47 SET AT 100
WATTS TO A LOW DIPOLE.  YOU ARE BOTH ABOUT S7 TO S9, S7 TO S9
GOOD PRINT ONFLTDIGI ZUT NO JOY ON MCV25 CONVERTER..
JOHN - I PRINTED YOU WELL A 2//1800 WHILE TU WERE TESTING
AND THE CV2455 WAS DECODING, BUT NOT NOW, NOT MARK EITHER.
SO SOMETHING IS DRIFTING ON THIS END....ANYWAY, BACK TO MARK
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FB ON FIXING THE MODULATOR, JOHN!
THE OVEN PROBLEM IS SURPRISING, SINCE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE
TEMP
STABLE!
I MAY FACE THE SAME THING IN MY MD-239 AND MD-203.
I AM STILL RUNNING FLDIGI ON MY MAC AND USING MY YAESU FT450D.
I DID DIG THE OLD DOVETRON OUT OF THE SEA CONTAINER TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN
.

TIM IS NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS JOHN, BUT STILL S9 PLUS AND SOLID COPY

18:30 PDT SEEMS LIKE A WINNER FOR NOW

ANY OTHER CHECKINS FOR THE NET, PLEASE ID NOW!


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:125?NOTHING HEARD, LET'S GO AROUND AGAIN

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OK  ITS BEEN AN INTERESTING WEEK CHASING THE VARIOUS RADIO
POZEMS. VIN OUR TESTING EARLIER SCOTT WAS ABLE TO TRANSMIT
BING HIS GRC19 ALSO RIGHT ON FREQUENCY.  HIS RECEIVER
COULD HEAR ME, BUT SOMETHING NOT RIGHT WITH HISDEMOD OR TUNING
SO WE WILL ATTACK THAT NEXT. WE FOUND HIS MD203 MODULATOR
WAS WAY WAY OFF ON SHIFT FOR THE 6 TO 9 MHZ
BAND AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A DIT 
ITCH.  THESE THINGS
ARE PRETTY PRIMITIVE WITH A VCXO AS FIRST OSCILLATOR. IT IS
SWITCHING CAPS ACROSS THE CRYSTAL DEPENDING ON THE BAND
THEN ANOTHER CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR MIXES BACK TO THE LO FREQ
PART OF THE FREQ PROBLEM WAS THEY WERE NOT TRIMMED TO THE
SAME FREQ SO SYNTHESIZER INPUT GOT TRANSLATED TO SOMETHING ELSE
THEN WITH BOTH OVENS CYCLING AT RANDOM IS WAS ALL OVER THE
PLACE

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HSAXWB6AZP AND THE CLATTERNET, DE N6CC  OK
JOHN GOOD PRINT HERE. YEP - SEEMS THIS OLD GEAR LIKED TO
BE RUN 24/7 WHEN IN MILITARY SERVICE - THWT DIDN'T GIVE THE
GREMLINS ANY TIME TO GET ESTABLISHED  HIHI....I DID HEAR 
THAT OTHER RATT STATION USING NARROW SHIFT EARLTIER BUT SEEMS
TO HAVE DISAPPEARED.  MAYBE ONE OFTITUYS WHO IS NOT TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO TO 850.......ANYONE HEARD FROM
CHUCK UVZ ON HIS EFFORTS TO GET ON THE NET?  HE HAD SAID
HE GOT THE TRANSMITTER (47) GOING BUT WAS HAVING PROBS
WITH THE CONVERTER, ALSO SEEMS WE LOST ERIC 
....HOPERFU...
HTPENULLY JIM  N FAUETTEVILLE IS HEARING US - MAYBE STILL
WATCHING THE BALLGAME...HIHI...SO BTU MARK, NF6X AND THE
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ARE YOU USING AN EXTERNAL FREQ SYNTHESIZER, JOHN? YOU ARE WITHIN 3 HZ
OF ME
ACCORDING TO FLDIGI, AND THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO ON A T-195!

I WAS JUST LOOKING AT MY MD-239 BLOCK DIAGRAM AND I CAN SEE HOW BEING
OUT OF ADJUSTMENT COULD CAUSE ALL SORTS OF HEADACHES. MODERN DIGITAL
STUFF IS SURE EASIER UNTIL IT BREAKS, AND THEN IT IS A BRICK HA HA

BTW, I AM EDITING OFFLINE IN A TEXT EDITOR WHILE YOU GUYS TRANSMIT,
AS MY
SUBSTITUTION FOR NOT HAVING PAPER TAPE UP AND RUNNING. WHEN I HAVE MY
GRC-46 ON LINE, I THINK I WILL NEED TO PRACTICE PUNCHING OFFLINE DURING
RX SO I CAN THEN PULL TAPE ON TX! I CAN EASILY TELL WHEN JOHN LIGHTS
UP HIS
BRAG TAPE, HIS CLATTERNET QSO TAPE, ETC!

LOOKS LIKE I STILL NEED TO WORK ON THE WORD WRAP SETTINGS
THOUGH HA HA

TIM, TOO BAD I DON'T SEEM TO HAVE THE CRYSTALS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IN
MY JUNK
BIN.

RE THE NARROW SHIFT STATION, I AM TOO CLUMSY ON THE FLDIGI CONTROLS
SO FAR
TO RISK MESSING WITH THE MODEM SETTINGS SO I DIDN'T TRY TO DECODE IT.
ON
THE DOVETRON I PROBABLY COULD HAVE JUST SWITCHED TO SPACE ONLY MODE
AS
LONG AS THEY WERE ON MARK LOW, BUT IT IS BURIED IN MENUS AND STUFF IN
FLDIGI.

NOTHING HEARD FROM CHUCK LATELY. I HOPE HE CAN JOIN US SOON!

W6JVE MIGHT BE IN LATER. HE SAID HE HAD A CONFLICT AT 18:30.



ANY MORE CHECK INS? PLEASE ID NOW!

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KD6UDA K6D

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VERY WEAK COPY HERE IN RIVERSIDE BUT YOU ARE ON
FREQ AND IN THE RIGHT MODE FOR CLATTERNET! I WILL PUT YOU AT
THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR THE NEXT ROUND.

ANY OTHER CHECK INSS?

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NET ORDER FOR THIS ROUND WILL BE:
KD6UDA
WB6AZP
N6CC


THEN BACK TO NET CONTROL (NF6X)

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NF6X AND THE CLATTERNET DE WB6AZP JOHN IN SANTA PAULA

SORRY I CANNOT HEAR BOB HE IS ONLY 12 MILES FROM HERE BUT IS GOING
OVER THE TOP OF ME. I CAOULD BARELY HEAR HIM ON THE DIPOLE
NOT ENUF TO COPY. I ALSO HEARD THE NARROW SHIFT TATION
HE WAS MARK HI  AND BY THE TIME I TUNED HIM IN I GOT
ONE WORD  'JOHN'   SO I DONT KNOW WHO IT WAS
YES I AM USING A FREQ SYNTHESIZER FOR MY REFERENCE
ALSO USING T195, R392,  CV278,  MD203  AND KLIENSCHMIDT 
MACHINES.  HAVENT GOT GOOD ENUF TO PUCH TAPE WHILE RECEIVING
SOHAVE TO TYPE IT OUT AS I GO.

HAVE NOT HEARD FROM CHUCK EITHER.  HOPE HE IS COPYING
AND GETTING READY.  I WILL EMAIL HIM THIS WEEJ.
TIME WHAT CRYSTALS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ?
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OK JOHN STILL GOOD COPY - THE BAND BOS TO BE HOLDING UP
OK SO FAR..9I DID HEAR KD6UDA BUT ONLY GOT HIS CALL AMD
MOSTLY GARBLE BUT MAYBE HE SAID HE WAS MI...MOBILE IN THE 
CAR..??...LOOKING FOR CRYSTALS FOR A TRC-77 HF CW SPECIAL FORCES
MANPACK SET...I SENT AN E MAIL OUT TO YOU GUYS - THANKS FOR 
LOOKING MARK...LOOKING FOR FIGS:
275 TN UROTN RPPTN EOOYN ETRPM ETTPN UPTP T AND 7040 IF I
TYPES THAT CORRECTLY HIHI..VERYINTERESTING RADIO WILL BE
FUN TO R....TRY IT OUT WIL CAMPING.   SO ALL FER NOW, 
BACK TO MARK,,NF6X DE N6CC K K K WGX N6CC N6CC DE NF6X NF6X

TIM, MOST OF THOSE NUMBERS CAME OUT AS LETTERS! I CAN TRANSLATE BY
LOOKING OVER AT MY TT-4 KEYBOARD THOUGH, HI HI!

I COULD BARELY COPY KD6UDA FROM VENTURA HERE IN RIVERSIDE. HE WAS
VERY, VERY WEAK HERE WITH POOR COPY. BUT HE STILL GETS CREDIT FOR
CHECKING IN! I SAW SOMETHIGN ABOUT HIS ANTENNA BUT I COULDN'T MAKE
ENOUGH SENSE OF IT. IF HE WAS CHECKIGN ON MOBILE, THEN THAT IS EXTRA
COOL.

I WONDER WHETHER THE NARROW SHIFT STATION WAS TRYING TO CALL WB6AZP,
OR MAYBE WAS JUST A RANDOM ENCOUNTER WHO WASN'T QUITE PREPARED FOR US
SHOWING UP WITH OUR WACKY WIDE-SHIFT MARK-LOW STUFF? HEY, NARROW SHIFT
STATION: YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN IN IF YOU WANT TO! WE ARE MILITARY
RADIO COLLECTORS USING A MIXTURE OF OLD MILITARY RTTY GEAR AND MODERN
HAM STUFF FOR THIS WEEKLY NET.

ONE STATION I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SETTING UP WILL BE A GRC-106,
DOVETRON MPC-1000CR/T AND UGC-74C, ALL BOLTED INTO A HOME MADE
ROLL-AROUND RACK. DON'T KNOW HOW I WILL FAKE PAPER TAPE, THOUGH. OTHER
THAN SIMULATING TAPE FOR MACRO MESSAGES, I THINK IT WILL MAKE A NICE
NCS RIG.

I AM ALSO THINKING OF FASHIONING A FREQ SYNTHESIZER FOR USE WITH MY
T-368 (AND T-195, TOO, I SUPPOSE). WE CAN BE A BIT SLOPPY ON THE AM
NET, BUT WHEN I AM RUNNING AS NCS FOR CLATTERNET I NEED TO BE RIGHT
ON
OR ELSE THE COOL KIDS WILL LAUGH AT ME AT LUNCHTIME.

ANY NEW CHECK INS? ID NOW!

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NPFDE W6JVE W6JVE SORRY I AM LATE BUT HAVD A CONFLICT WITH THE EARLIER
NET TIME.  ABSOLUTELY SOLID COPY ON NF6X  THAT ROUND 
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NET ORDER FOR THIS ROUND WILL BE:
W6JVE
KD6UDA
WB6AZP
N6CC


THEN BACK TO NET CONTROL (NF6X)

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DE W6JVE OK LET ME KNOW HOW COY COPY IS TONIGHT.  I JUST GOT HERE SO
HAVE ONLY COPIED NF6X SO FAR.  I WON'T STAY LONG BECAUSE OF THE LATE
HOURS HERE IN THIS TIME ZONE JUST WRITING DOWN THE NET ORDER BEFORE
IT BLIPS OFK THE TOP OF MY SCREEN
KD6UDA ES GROUP DEQQQWDE W6JVE K ATKD6UDA KD6UDA KD6UDA DE NF6X NF6X

YOUR TURN IF YOU CAN HEAR ME


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YES SOLID COPU ALL SATIONS 599 EXCEPT NEW CHECK IN
I AM BOB BOB IN VENTURAR VENTURA
HAVE TO USE CAR FOR PURPOSE AS FARADAY CAGE TO KEEP DOWN
STRAY RF  AND ONLY RUNNING 50 WATTS 590 50 WATTS SO SORT OF
LIKE I AM QRP
I HAVE A MODEL 15 IN REFURB BUT GOT IT TO PRINT RTTY IT IS
ALSO KNOWN AS A TT49/UG AN OLD NAVY UNIT VERY INTERESTING
BUT I TOLD JOHN I GOT IT TO WORK AND HOPE TO GET IT ON ARI AIR
SOME DAY SOON ALSO HAVE MPC-1000 R IT I THINK AND I USE 
IT TO RUN MODEL 15 AND MODLE 28 JHIN REXIVI RX MODE OK 
USIN FLDIGIO HERE ON FT897 AND ATAS 120 MOVILE NATENNA BUT SOUND
ACA
D ISNA HOME BREW. I AM TYPING IN THE DARK IN LOW LOG LO

LOW LIGHT CONDIDTON
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GZKD6UDAAND THE CLATTERNET DE WB6AZP JOHN IN SANTA PAULA

HELLO JIM AND BOB.   THIS TIME I COPIED SOME OF EACH OF YOU THE BAND
IS CHANGING
HOPE TO SEE BOB GET HIS  M15  RUNNING ON THE AIR SOON BUT YOUVE GOT
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUNT A LONG ANTENNA. GREAT THAT YOU ARE ABLE
TO JOIN QRP FROM YOUR MOBILE... THAT GETS EXTRA CREDUT FOR SURE

NOT MUCH ELSE HERE FOR ME TO SAY TONITE SO I THINK
I WILL LISTEN OUT.  ONE THING IS I AM USING THE DIPOLE
ON THIS ROUND AND WONDER IF THAT IS BETTER OR WORSE
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TDX6AZP AND THE CLATTERNET DE N6CC OK GUYS AND WELCOME TO JIM -I HAVE ABOUT 9  PERCENT COPY AND
A LITTLE LESS
FOR BOB - AND FINE BUSINESS ON THE MOB FARADAY CAGE HIHI...
SIGNALS PRETTY GOOD, JOHN THE DIPOLE IS FINE YOU ARE STILL
ABOUT S8-9  S8-9 UP HERE...THAT 'S ATSO ABOUTIT FOR ME HERE
AS WELL, GOTTA GET UP EARLY TM PICK UP ATT AIRPORT...SO 73 TO
ALL AND I WILL BE LISTENING OUT  73 AND GO GIANTS!!
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W6JVE IS S7 S7 S SEVEN HERE IN RIVERSIDE WITH GOOD COPY. GLAD THAT YOU
MADE IT THIS WEEKEND!

KD6UDA WAS S5 WITH SOLID COPY THIS TIME! DOING GOOD FOR TYPING IN THE
DARK WITH A MOBILE ANTENNA AND LOW TX POWER! FYI, W6JVE CHECKED IN
FROM ARKANSAS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

I AM ALSO ONLY RUNNING 50 WATTS, BUT I HAVE A GOOD ANTENNA WITH LOTS
OF WIRE IN THE AIR TO MAKE UP FOR THAT. ONCE I GET MY OTHER STATIONS
RUNNING RTTY THEN I CAN GO QRO AT AROUND 400 WATTS!

THAT DOVETRON MPC-1000/T IS A NICE MODEM! I HAVE ONE, TOO, AND THERE
IS
ONE ON THE EBAY RIGHT NOW, ENDING ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GOOD KIT FOR
CHECKING IN TO CLATTERNET!

JOHN, I CAN'T SAY WHETHER THE DIPOLE IS BETTER OR WORSE BECAUSE YOU
HAVE BEEN SOLID COPY ALL EVENING. GOOD PATH BETWEEN US TONIGHT.

WELL, I GUESS WE HAVE HAD A GOOD HOUR SO I WILL SHUT IT DOWN FOR THIS
WEEKEND.


GOOD NET, GUYS! THANKS FOR CHECKING IN!



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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VZMCDE W6JVE AND I GOT GOOD COPY ALL AROUND EXCEPT KD6UDA WHO IS MOSTLY
INAUDIBLE HERE.  73 ALL DE W6JVE SK
OOW6JVE W6JVE DE NF6X NF6X
KD6UDA WAS TX 50 WATTS FROM A CAR WITH MOBILE ANTENNA IN VENTURA, CA

73!


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