[GreenKeys] Re: RTTY...TTY...TDD

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:59:09 -0400

GM All,
Well, I guess that this former RM should weigh in with his .02.  In the 
Navy, at least, the term (which I still use) was RATT (yup, called 
"Rat") for Radio TeleType.  I still occasionally slip and use the term, 
and believe it or not, some are not familiar with it.  I can figure that 
RTTY kind of evolved as a phonetic equivalent the same way, as RITTY 
--hi--..
73 de Greg WA3IVX / NNN0BVN

jsheetz wrote:

>Well
>  As I get it the TTY term was actually the extension used for
>RADIOTELETYPE (RTTY) for many years. When the hearing impaired started
>to use them over the telephone lines they simply called them
>PTTY'S for "pnoneteletypes". Obviously the word Teletype being
>the actual name of the corporation that produced them was too long
>a word for convenient use. Amateur operators always spoke of "RITTY"
>as a way of pronouncing the "word". 
>  Off hand I'm not aware of any coining of the word.
>    Good question anyway.
>     Thanks and good luck.
>        John Sheetz, K2AGI
>  p.s. I spent many hours helping install machines for the deaf.
>Things have changed a lot since the beginning!!!
>Of course the original acoustic coupler was designed by a deaf Ham,
>Bob Weitbrecht, W6NRM, now a silent key.
>
>gil smith wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi Jay:
>>
>>Well, that is a question for the tty folks on the greenkeys list:  anyone
>>know when "TTY" was first coined?
>>
>>thanks,
>>
>>gil
>>
>>At 06:50 am 7/17/03, you wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Hello
>>>
>>>        This may seem like an odd request. I am from the deaf community
>>>and on one of our chat groups, we have been arguing about when the term
>>>"TTY" as opposed to teletype first came into use. Can you give us some
>>>history on when "TTY" first was used? I seem to think it was at least
>>>before or on about 1950 when they published RTTY Journal. Thank you.
>>>
>>>Cheers!
>>>Jay Hall
>>>      
>>>
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