[GreenKeys] RTTY contest?

[w8au at sssnet.com]

At 09:03 PM 6/18/2012, Steve W6SSP wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:zarco at sonic.net>Steve
>To: <mailto:larryradio at att.net>larryradio at att.net
>Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 9:00 PM
>Subject: RTTY contest
>
>Larry,
>I made the pilgramage to Dayton for the 2011 hamfest. There was a forum
>and talk about RTTY contests,  et al.
>
>First slide showed a model 19 and the speaker starts
>talking about the "bad old days of noisy contraptions". Went down hill from
>there. Chatted with a couple old timers after the forum and got seriously
>strange looks when I asked if they were using mechanical TTY machines.
>Its computers talking to computers. Why don't they just do packet?!
>The same is true for CW....   Very sad IMO.

Yes,  there are no actual Teletype or Teleprinter machines used by them
and there is no actual "typing" or "printing" done.   So why call this RTTY?
Old habits die hard.

The more correct name would be Ratio Texting,  (RT), or  Radio 
Baudot  texting (RBT)

Just like the Technician License -  It, decades ago, lost it's real identity
as very few were not so much "technicians" as they were communicators.
Today it should be retitled "Novice" as it truly is the introductory ticket.

It's time for a "mode naming convention" to reestablish more truthful
titles and bring things up to date.  :-)    (Hey, ARRL!)

Perry   w8au

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