[GreenKeys] Great interview with ham radio pioneer Wayne Green

[Bryan Brodie]

I have never heard of "73 Magazine" - but now I kind of wish I had!

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9111800&intsrc=hm_list

Excerpt from the interview:

Can you talk about how you promoted teletype over ham radio messaging,
which was really a precursor to e-mail?

At the top end of the ham band, I heard these strange noises. Someone
said, "That's Johnny Williams in Flushing with his hand teletype." So
I went out to see him and the next thing you know I built a converter
for a ham teletype. It was like e-mail is today, where you can send a
message to anyone that can receive you. It turned on the printer
automatically, received the message, and then turned everything off
and sent a little "beep-beep" acknowledging the message.