[GreenKeys] Length of tape

[Robert McConnell]

At 2/13/02 09:35 PM -0800, you wrote:
>>Probably W2JAV or W2PAT, believe both of those used polar relays in the
>>original.  Then there was the W2BFD before that, it was especially
>>associated with Model 12s.
>>
>>W2PAT is still living, or at least I talked with him fairly recently
>>on PSK31.
>
>
>James, Keeper of the House of Chad...
>
>Would you please explain what you are writing above.  It looks just like 
>alphabet soup to me.  And, what does this all have to do with Length of tape?
>
>Thanks,
>Confused in Fallbrook

Dear Confused,

This message was the result of a tangent question in the thread. All of 
those W2xxx words are amateur radio call signs issued by the FCC. The 2 
indicates that they were originally given to residents of New York State. 
Each of those listed was an early contributor to the HAM RTTY community, 
publishing either designs or improvements for do-it-yourself TU's, or radio 
modems for teletype use.

Hope this helps,

Bob McConnell
N2SPP