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Re: [RTTY] Funny you should mention.....

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Subject: Re: [RTTY] Funny you should mention.....
From: Hank Garretson <w6sx@arrl.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:56:25 -0700
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 5:13 AM, Carter <k8vt@ameritech.net> wrote:

If you use what I call 'true FSK', i.e. a varicap diode changing the
> frequency of your VFO, the trouble condition mentioned above cannot occur.
>
> So, I agree with your statement above in relation to modern radios, but
> it wasn't always so.
>


Indeed. My first RTTY was in 1959 with a polar-relay keyed diode changing
my Viking Ranger VFO frequency. It worked, but I had lots of problems. That
was FSK in spades.


Ski Exuberantly,

Hank, W6SX

Mammoth Lakes, California

Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light
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