[GreenKeys] RTTY Sigs

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:48:27 -0500

Well some of us are partly deaf and a scope is real handy, also looks nice
when operating. We also consider ourselves REAL men.
WB0CTE

----- Original Message -----
From: "William J.Neill" <[email protected]>
To: "Jack" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] RTTY Sigs

> Scope?  Whazzat?  I've been tuning by ear since at least late 1966 when
> I was using AN/GRC-26C.  Later, back in USofA, had five AN/FRR-38's and
> I could tell the shift by ear and by the swing of the ma meters on both
> channels of the CV-116's.  Was lotsa good stuff floating around back
> then.  Am running two real AN/FRR-38's at home, along with a hybrid
> using two R-391's and a CV-116C.  To go fishing for a signal, I use only
> my 51J4.  Real men don't need scopes.
>
> Bill Neill
> Conroe, Texas
>
> On Saturday, June 14, 2003, at 02:35 PM, Jack wrote:
>
> > Larry,
> >
> > The MMTTY display is a copy of the old oscilloscope
> > cross display that every diehard RTTY'er used. When the
> > ST-5/ST-6 arrived on the scene, the tuning meter became
> > the rage (cheaper). It worked well,. but there was nothing like
> > that scope display. By that time, not every RTTY'er was
> > a scrounger/builder and so the homemade scopes were
> > no longer the norm. Only the higher priced commercial
> > stuiff had a scope (like the ST6000 or the earlier Dovetrons).
> >
> > 73,
> > Jack WA2HWJ
> >
> >
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