[RTTY] Welcome Back Ray WF1B

[Jim W7RY]

Wooooo hooooo !

Welcomeback Ray!


Yup!  I cut my rtty teeth on Scotchlog with Jay and Hal at my side. Then
onto WF1B.

I echo all that Don has said.

Great news.

73 Jim W7RY



On Apr 11, 2017 1:15 PM, "John Merrill" <johnn1jm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Welcome back Ray! I remember spending a couple of times on the phone with
> him when I had a problem with his software. Nice guy.
>
> 73, John N1JM
>
> On 4/11/17, 10:45 AM, "RTTY on behalf of Don AA5AU" <
> rtty-bounces at contesting.com on behalf of aa5au at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>     I received email yesterday from Ray Ortgiesen, WF1B, letting me know
> he is back on the air again! Anyone involved in RTTY in the 1990's will
> already be familiar with Ray. For those who don't know Ray, he is the
> father of "modern" computer-based RTTY contesting software. His DOS-based
> "RTTY by WF1B" program was first introduced to the world in the October
> 1991 edition of the RTTY Digital Journal in an article written by Jay,
> WS7I. Even though Jay and Hal (WA7EGA) had been using their own SCOTCHLG
> RTTY contesting program for years, it was RTTY by WF1B that took the RTTY
> contesting world by storm at the 1972 Dayton HAMVENTION.
>     For nearly ten years RTTY by WF1B was the choice program of RTTY
> contesters around the world. His program helped launch the wild popularity
> RTTY and RTTY contesting experienced at the start of the 21st century. Many
> of the features we find in WriteLog and N1MM first started in RTTY by WF1B.
>     In additions to giving us RTTY by WF1B, Ray was also instrumental in
> the creation of the Amateur Data Interchange Format (ADIF) that we all use
> today. Ray is also a top RTTY contester and one of the nicest guys I've
> ever met.
>     Please join me in welcoming Ray back. I can't wait to see his call
> scroll across my screen again. We missed you Ray!
>     73, Don AA5AU
>
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