[RTTY] OLD!!!

[Barry]

Speaking of old, I saw someone trying to sell a VIC-20 at a local 
hamfest over the weekend :.)

My first exposure to RTTY was in the early 70s at the QTH of W2IDX, who 
lived nearby.  He had TTY machines, reperfs and tapes hanging 
everywhere.  I first operated RTTY in the mid 70s with a Model 15 and 
homebrew TU at my college club station (W2SZ.)  I quickly gave it up as 
it was too noisy and gave me a headache.  Didn't get back into it until 
the Commodore 64 and AEA's RTTY software.

Barry W2UP

Charles Morrison wrote:
> Ahhhh.. I too remember the good ole days!! Breaking out my Kam, using a
> "REAL TU" for RTTY on my old school, surplus dumb terminal.  A whole bunch
> of Control-this and Control-that to get it to transmit into my solid state,
> built in tuner rig, feeding my coax dipole.  
>
> Ah.. Those were the days.  Snicker.  :)
>
> Charlie
> KI5XP
>
>
>  
>   
>> Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 11:19:27 -0400
>> From: "Richard W. Solomon" <w1ksz at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [RTTY] OLD!!!
>> To: "Costas Krallis SV1XV" <kkrallis at ath.forthnet.gr>,
>> 	<rtty at contesting.com>
>> Message-ID: <IBEAICMPAKMPCMJKFBLBKEKAFIAA.w1ksz at earthlink.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="US-ASCII"
>>
>> Model 26 ???
>> Wish I had one of those newer models. I used an old Model 15.
>>
>> 73, Dick, W1KSZ 
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com 
>> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com]On
>> Behalf Of Costas Krallis SV1XV
>> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 11:13 AM
>> To: rtty at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [RTTY] OLD!!!
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>> You guys are just young pups, Unless you can remember the old model 
>>> 26 with the ripping paper.. Big 88mh chokes for filters, Polar 
>>> relays. Paper Tape, Ry's even SG's Miles of paper tape at xmas with 
>>> pictures. Noise etc etc Oh yes I was born 1932. youse guys 
>>>       
>> are all pups..
>>
>> No Ron, the only mechanical TTY I have ever used was the UGC-74.
>>
>> 73, Costas, SV1XV
>>
>>
>>     
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Barry Kutner, W2UP             
Newtown, PA