[GreenKeys] HAPPY BIRTHDAY RTTY!!!

[Gary Chatters]

Jack wrote:
> ZCZC
>
> Sometime in late 1946, the first Amateur Radio RTTY 
> contact was made in the New York City area (on VHF...lowband
> FSK was not allowed until the early 50's, and then it
> was only 850 HZ shift...prior to that, only make-and-break keying
> was allowed on the lowbands).
>   

An offshoot of ham RTTY activity to note is the development of the deaf 
TTY (or TDD) system.

Way back when I was in high school and had recently gotten my ham 
license I got interested in RTTY.  I subscribed to the RTTY Journal for 
a few years.  One of the authors that I recall seeing on those pages was 
Robert Weitbrecht, W6NRM.  Later I learned that he had developed the 
acoustic coupler modem ("Weitbrecht modem") used for the TTY.   For 
anyone interested in the history there is a book, "A Phone of Our Own". 
(I haven't read it yet.)

73,
Gary