RTTY.COM's
HISTORY HALL
History Hall presently features five pieces. The first two were submitted to the world by Jim Haynes, W6JVE, while he was at the University of California, Santa Cruz. We have re-formatted them a bit for easier reading, but the documents are as original, with abstracts.
Added in September, 2000, is our presentation of a complimentary
booklet presented by The Teletype Corporation commemorating their
50th Anniversary.
Currently we have the original presented in thumbnails, .gif, and
.jpg format.
An HTML version is being prepared. Please enjoy The
Teletype Story
Our next feature was taken from the July 1963 RTTY Journal. Having purchased my first teletype machine from this gentleman, he was one I personally held in awe. Friendly, gentle, and ever helpful, particularly to a teen-ager loaded with questions, the warmth of his welcome is something I shall never forget. Please enjoy this recap of a special event in the life of:
Elliot S. "Buck" Buchanan, W6VPC
Our fifth feature
is a letter from Forrest "Bart" Bartlett, W6OWP.
Many amateurs honed their CW skills
on the nightly code practice runs from
his station. Bart was also a pioneer
in the field of RTTY, having been in the News Business
since before World War II. Jim Haynes
suggested contacting Bart, so we did.
I talked with Bart a few times on the
telephone and asked him to chronicle some of the early years of
RTTY as he remembers them. Please click on the link below and
read
the recollections of:
Forrest "Bart" Bartlett, W6OWP
Contributions to History Hall are encouraged and solicited. If you have some interesting bit of RTTY History you would like to share, please send it via e-mail or USPS and we will feature it in History Hall.
We are currently looking for anecdotes and information on Irv Hoff, W6FFC, Bob Weitbrecht, W6NRM, Boyd Phelps, W0BP, and Byron Kretzman, W2JTP.
Any and all contributions are welcome.
73,
George, W7KSJ
Email : W7KSJ@RTTY.COM
Postal: George B. Hutchison, W7KSJ
11224 S. E. 320th Street
Auburn, Washington 98092-4832
Phone: 253-833-6755