I just learned that George, W7TTY, passed away last November. We
have George to thank for creating ITTY, along with Bill
Bytheway. I had the pleasure to get to know George many years
ago, and visited him several times in Sequim Washington. He also
visited me at least two times in Arvada, Colorado.
I can say this about George: he was a kind, caring
person. To a fault, I would say. He would put the needs of
others ahead of his own needs, and somehow he always
managed. He touched many people in his life.
He was in the Navy, working on nuclear submarines later
in his career. He was
a teletype repair technician. He knew more about
teletypes, especially the model 28 range, than anybody else
I have ever met. He had a pile of Teletypes, at one point
must have been 50 or so, at his house, and in his later
years, he struggled to give them away.
He
owned a Quiznos shop somewhere in the Seattle area at one
point
And he was an very active ham, sadly now a silent key.