[GreenKeys] A Proposed Name for the Autostart Net

[Don and Diana Cunningham]

A hearty "AMEN" from me.  Irv was a big help to me getting started.  Had a
QSO with him the first night I was on RTTY with so much RF on a homebrew TU
that he was the only one that could copy me!!  I think he would approve.
73,
Don, WB5HAK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Norris" <Rnorris@charter.net>
To: <greenkeys@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 5:04 PM
Subject: [GreenKeys] A Proposed Name for the Autostart Net


> I would like to propose that we call our Autostart Net the "Irv Hoff,
> W6FFC Memorial Autostart Net".
>
> Many of you on this list will remember Irv Hoff, W6FFC ex K8DKC as one
> of the most enthusiastic and helpful supporters of RTTY and autostart.
> He helped hundreds of us get RTTY autostart stations on the air, made
> arrangements for hundreds of people to be able to buy Model 28 machines
> through a special purchase he arranged with the Bell system.  Along with
> Keith Petersen, he made major contributions to the science of RTTY with
> the development of the Mainline TTL and TTL-2 terminal units, the ST-3.
> ST-5, and ST-6 terminal units.  He spent thousands of hours on the air
> helping beginners, like myself, get started in RTTY and was a steadfast
> advocate of using the mechanical machines.  He once confessed to me that
> his greatest worry was that computer RTTY would kill teletype as we new
> it.  In a sense, he was prophetic in that statement as computer based
> RTTY has essentially replaced most mechanical machines for RTTY on the
> airways today.  Irv had an ongoing love affair with the mechanical
> machines, particularly the Model 28.  He could type at machine speed on
> a Model 28 at 100 wpm all day and never hit a wrong key.  It was
> beautiful to see and hear.
>
> Irv was also a successful Captain for United Airlines but his first love
> and primary focus in life was teletype.  He was taken from us at far too
> young an age by cancer and the RTTY community has greatly suffered at
> his loss.  I guarantee you that if Irv was still alive, we wouldn't be
> talking about the demise of RTTY on the Ham bands.  He would have two or
> three autostart groups running on mechanical machines as we speak.
>
> He would have been an active participant on the Greenkeys list if he was
> still with us.  His devotion to RTTY and particularly to the use of
> mechanical teletype machines along with the great service he gave to the
> RTTY and Teletype community in general in popularizing our hobby and
> helping others, makes calling our new Autostart Net, which we are
> starting to keep the mechanical teletype machines alive and in use,
> "The Irv Hoff, W6FFC memorial Autostart Net"  highly appropriate in my
> judgment.  I would like to make this last gesture of thanks to a great
> individual.
>
> What say the rest of the Greenkeys Group ??
>
> Best regards - Roy Norris, K4EEG
>
>
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