[RTTY] RTTY WAS

[Bill Turner]

At 06:44 AM 7/31/2005, Shelby Summerville wrote:
>Now that the designation "digital", instead of RTTY has been placed on the
>WAS  certificate, I've lost interest in applying for it.

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That is especially ironic since RTTY is not a true 'digital' mode. The bits 
in a Baudot character do not stand for ones and zeros, and the stop bit is 
identified by being longer than the others - a no-no in the digital world. 
RTTY is commonly processed by a digital computer, but the Baudot character 
set itself is purely analog. Ask any user of a mechanical printer.

However, the use of 'digital' to describe RTTY is so common I realize I'm 
swimming against the tide and hereby surrender. :-)

Bill, W6WRT