[GreenKeys] Wayne Green

[Ralph Irish]

Here is Wayne Green's reply to me:  

	From: 	Wayne Green <w2nsd at aol.com>
	Subject: 	Re: Wayne in "Radioland"
	Date: 	April 12, 2013 12:00:24 AM EDT
	To: 	Ralph Irish <w8roi at wowway.com>


When I discovered RTTY in 1947 via W2BFD, it was so much fun that I 
just had to share it, so I started a newsletter that grew to a 36-
page monthly journal, Amateur Radio Frontiers. That got me a column 
in CQ. When I got CQ's editor a better job, I took over, pushing one 
new ham technology after another. NBFM, SSB, satellites, etc. When 
the publisher got a year behind on paying me…and fired me…I started 
73, which I published for 43 years, always pushing new ham 
technologies, like repeaters, moonbounce. When I ran out of new 
technologies to promote I folded the magazine and dropped out. Well,
I'd worked some 360 countries, DXpeditioned from a bunch, won some 
contests, and was bored with routine QSOs. I have always been a 
futurist. The medical devices, if Joe would do his homework, were 
very real. But then I found two doctors who were curing any illness 
with no drugs, so I had to get that word out with my Secret Guide to 
Health book. Diabetes cured in 30 days (rawfor30days.com). Cancer, 
even days before death without fail (drday.com). My book goes into 
the details. $24 postpaid in the U.S. See waynegreen.com. Oh, and 
Google: Tech Visionary. Ahead are non-polluting energy at less than 
a hundredth the cost of oil, micro-batteries to power cars, trucks 
and buses with no expensive engines, and things like that to keep me 
busy futuring. Those are proven, by the way. I've too much research 
on too many subjects to do to sit there hamming.  

 —— Wayne ——  

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Wayne often made references to what he'd tell, 'when he wrote his memoirs'.  A few years back, I e-mailed
him and asked him how close he was to publishing his memoirs.  He wrote back and said that he had decided
not do to this, since he didn't 'live in the past', but was always 'forward thinking', or something like
that.  So, I guess we can rely on our own memories of his editorials and do a little interpolating of our
own to figure out what happened at different times.  

Above, he says that when he ran out of new technologies he folded the magazine.  Back then he made no
bones about the money owed him by advertisers, or someone, which determined the fate of 73 Magazine.  
Either way, it was an interesting 43 years, and I've got a groaning shelf with all of the issues of the
magazine, and about 5/6ths of them on microfiche.  Any magazine collectors out there?  At my present
age, I should consider getting rid of them, and maybe finishing the microfiche collection.

73,

Ralph - W8ROI

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On Apr 11, 2013, at 8:21 PM, Ralph Irish wrote:

> Wayne
> 
> Thought you'd like to know that you've not been forgotten in 'Radioland'.  One chap on the
> GreenKeys newsgroup gives you 'founding father' status for early RTTY/Teletype activity.
> 
> The GreenKeys group is not all amateur operators.  Many are members or subscribers who
> used Teletype machines in various 'non-radio' related work.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Ralph - W8ROI
>  (ex-WA8GDT)
> 
> See:
> 
> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:57:27 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rokumon Cat <rokumoncat at yahoo.com>
> To: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Wayne Green
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Not to start any controversy, but I was wondering if Wayne Green is still active as an 
> amateur radio op.  He was one of the "founding fathers" of RTTY, which of course means 
> Teletypes.
> 
> I knew that his main radios and amps were stolen several years ago, and that he is still 
> selling medical devices of questionable value, but I was wondering if he still has any 
> mechanical RTTY activity.
> 
> I would love to receive a RTTY-gram from Wayne Green!
> 
> Best,
> 
> Joe
> 
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> 
> 

On Apr 12, 2013, at 12:00 PM, greenkeys-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:

> 
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> 
> Today's Topics:
> 
>   1. Re: GreenKeys Digest, Vol 111, Issue 39 (timothy jenison)
>   2. Re: Wayne Green (Ralph Irish)
>   3. Loop power transformers $5 (Ken Schwieker)
>   4. Re: Ribbons (Teletypeparts)
> 
> 
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> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:25:03 -0400
> From: Ralph Irish <w8roi at wowway.com>
> To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Wayne Green
> Message-ID: <7599640B-4444-45E8-AA23-665B7FB06336 at wowway.com>
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> Re:  Wayne green
> 
> I e-mailed him with the recent post about him.  I have swapped several e-mails with him
> in recent months.  He was a pioneer in RTTY without a doubt.  
> 
> It is hard to tell sometimes whether he was a good leader, or just knew who to stay
> close to, to give the appearance of leadership.  
> 
> He was not a pioneer on repeaters as some say, but he was among the first to give them
> space in his magazine, and really push the idea.  They had been around in both the
> commercial areas and a few hams who pushed the limits of repeaters before they became
> commonplace.  Once it appeared that they were here to stay, the ARRL decided to become
> 'repeater aware' and began to publish articles and develop 'standards' for the hobby,
> whether they were asked to or not.
> 
> Ralph
> 
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