[GreenKeys] RTTY Milestone

[Jack Hart]

ZCZC

 

62 years ago...

 

In December of 1951, CQ Magazine ran the first official column dedicated

to Amateur Radioteletype. The column moderator was an unknown

from Cleveland, Wayne Green, W2NSD.

 

Amateur Radio Radioteletype interest started around

1946, with RTTY only allowed on 11 Meters and up. The

only method for RTTY on the lowbands was "make-and-break"

keying where you basically plugged your keyboard

into your rig's key jack. FSK was allowed in the early 50's.

The first TTY machines were Teletype Model 12's. The

Model 12's generated so much electrical noise with its

multiple distributors that it wasn't a good candidate for

the lowbands anyway.

 

Almost all RTTY activity in those days was on 2 Meters.

 

73,

Jack K0TTY

 

NNNN

 

 

 

 

 

 

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