[GreenKeys] Hello. I'm new to the group

[Paul Heller]

Oops! Thanks for the warm welcome from those that have already written so 
quickly to me. I forget to say where I am located, as a few pointed out.

I am in Arvada, Colorado, which is near Denver.

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Heller" <paul0926 at comcast.net>
To: "Greenkeys" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 8:02 PM
Subject: [GreenKeys] Hello. I'm new to the group


> I'd like to introduce myself. I've been receiving mails now for about a 
> month.I figure it is time to say hello.
>
> I hope you don't mind me listening in. I've been in the computer field for 
> 30 years. But, I'm not a ham yet. Please don't hold that against me. I'm 
> working on it. I've been studying and intend to take the test in late 
> November or early December. After that, I want to get some real good 
> experience on the air and eventually get into RTTY.
>
> I plan to do RTTY using a teletype, using a 32ASR that Wayne (who is 
> active in this group and many of you know) is helping to set up. He ran 
> into a stumbling block because there is a bad telex board in the unit so 
> the 32 is stuck until he can find a replacement. I thought about bidding 
> on the 32 from California and sending it to him, but I saw that some of 
> you wanted that unit so I stayed away. I don't really need the 32, but I'd 
> like to get my 32 interface working and we need to find the right part or 
> I need to find a different 32.
>
> Why the teletype for RTTY? People tell me that is silly or they say it is 
> hard. Well, I'm a purist who wants to recreate things as they were inthe 
> 70s. And I have a soft spot for the teletype because my first contact with 
> a computer was in 1975 and it was done via a teletype. That started my 
> career. I was a regular teletype user until 1979. I have fond memories of 
> those times. In fact, I have a special version of an ASR 33 that has a 
> tape editor that was used to create paper tapes for CNC machines (before 
> they started using magnetic tape). I am preserving this editor becasue it 
> is probably the last of its kind.
>
> I'm also looking for a plain 33ASR that I can hook up to some old 
> computers I have to recreate the experience of '75-'79. I won't dare 
> destroy my tape editor for this purpose, so I'll have to keep looking for 
> another 33.
>
> Anyway, excuse my ramblings. And again.... hello.
>
> Paul Heller
>
>
>
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