Date   : Sun, 15 Apr 1984 23:10:53 EST
From   : Rturner@Darcom-Hq.ARPA
Subject: Info-KayPro>??

All you HAM CP/Mers out there...

I recently purchased a Kantronics UTU (Universal Terminal Unit) and 
interfaced it with my KayPro II. I planned to use it for RTTY/ASCII and
AMTOR with MDM730 as my terminal program. I'm using an Icom IC-720A as
the tranceiver.

The UTU receives like a dream! I've spent all weekend listening to folks
check into HF Bulletin Board Systems, and generally listening around 40
meters. Tonight, the big test...I called up a local ham and attempted to
put the thing on the air.

When I started transmitting, I ran into all kind of trouble. My echoed
characters were strange, the system would "warm boot," and I couldn't
get the tranceiver out of transmit mode.

My first thoughts center around some type of RF overload of the KayPro.
My tranceiver is well grounded, but I'm loading a long-wire which could
be putting RF in my shack. Anyway, I'm going to experiment with VHF
since there shouldn't be so much RF banging around.

Anyone with similar experiences? Hints?

Apologies in advance for sending this to what is probably the wrong
list. Responses to me to keep down the non-CP/M static.

73,
rick
nf4t