[GreenKeys] RTTY QSO

[Nick England]

Well, name a time and freq and we can just start hanging out and giving it
a try.
We regularly get people from MI to FL on our 40m 850 shift RATT net.

A couple of weeks ago I had a very nice long solid QSO on 20m with Gary
WA6MEM in Palos Verdes. It was Saturday around 1800-2000Z when we were both
hanging around to see if the USS Iowa gang would come on. So I now know for
sure that NC to LA is possible (and that my 60 year old Navy gear will hold
up to rag chewing).

This evening I set a short distance record. I’ve been resurrecting a
T-827J/URT exciter and once I got it working I tested 40m RTTY transmission
from one side of the room to the other. Solid QBF copy at 500mw into a 50
ohm resistor.

Radio really is magic. Especially with mechanical marvels like teletypes in
the loop.

Cheers
Nick K4NYW

On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 8:17 PM William Wuttke <wcwuttke at att.net> wrote:

> I find exactly the same situation here on the west coast. The MRCG
> Clatternet west has been quiet for the last few weeks.
> Propagation seems to be getting a bit better lately - I regularly hit RBN
> skimmers in PA & New England. It’s funny that
> I can work 30-40 states using RTTY during a contest over a weekend, but
> virtually zero otherwise. I’ve seen a couple of
> newcomers (newer than me) to the group expressing interest in getting
> their machines on the air. Maybe we could get a list
> together. I’d like to see a Greenkeyers chat sked.
>
> Bill
> KE3BK
>
> On Dec 22, 2020, at 4:56 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am pretty new to RTTY and have rarely copied a “QSO” lasting more than
> 10 seconds. Things seem dead except for contests.
> The only exception I know is that there are 4-7 of us who get on 7087
> Saturday (roughly 1345-1445Z) running 850 shift military gear. Are there
> other RTTY gathering places/times? or would someone like to set up a sched
> for greenkeyers chat?
> 73,
> Nick K4NYW in North Carolina
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 6:11 PM Don Cunningham <donc at martineer.net> wrote
>
>   Having fun is the main thing.  I sure wish more "old time" RTTY rag
> chewers would get on the HF bands more.  Hard to find a good QSO like was
> so common in the older days.
>
>
> --
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com
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