[MRCG] MRCG 2017 Activites Questions

[Peter Noeth]

> On Apr 22, 2017, at 00:51, Peter Noeth <petern0000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   1) Is there going to be any Convertor M-209 exercises?  I didn't want to
> bring my M-209 unless there was a need.


>> On Apr 22, 2017, Mark J. Blair replied:
>>I don't think that we have any planned at this time, but that can change
if there's interest.
>>I wasn't planning to bring mine without a specific reason, either. What
sort of M-209
>>operating exercise do you think might be fun? I'm not great at coming up
with fun ideas,
>>but if somebody else can provide the inspiration then I can probably help
make it happen.

The last time I was at MRCG there was a teletype transmission that was
M-209 encoded, and a small demonstration of how to set up the unit and
decode the message. Also techniques of recovering when the decoded message
starts to get scrambled up due to a mistake in the decode process.

Although this exercise was well advertised, since Mark has a website with
proposed M-209 key lists and operating procedures, I wanted to check if
there was to be any anticipated M-209 activity. The units are getting very
expensive, and I did not want to risk getting mine stolen, so I didn't want
to bring it if I wasn't sure I was going to use it.

NOTE: I am currently receiving only the digest, and making correct e-mail
reply etiquette is difficult using web Gmail.

Regards,

Peter Noeth (WB6NGK)