[GreenKeys] Pacificon Convention

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ITTY at ARRL Pacificon Convention.

The  American Radio Relay League and the Mt. Diablo Amateur Radio Club 
based 
in  Walnut Creek, California co-hosted the ARRL's Pacificon convention 
October  15-18.

W7TTY was invited to provide a live teletype demonstration  featuring ITTY, 
and on Saturday, 16 October W7TTY gave a presentation on  "Radioteletype - 
The Mechanical Way".

A model 15KSR and a Model 28KSR  were on display running ITTY's main 
channel, 
periodically alternating with  the Autostart Channel.

Wayne LeTourneau, WB0CTE, and Tom Tillson, ITTY's  Northeast Editor, kept 
both channels flowing with the usual news items, and  ran TTY pictures on 
the 
Autostart channel. Don House, ITTY's Political  Pundit contributed as well.

The two machines running continuously were  well received by those 
attending 
the convention. Many a person was heard to  comment "I ran those things in 
the Navy", "We used machines like that in the  State Department", We had 
those in Viet Nam" and so forth.

It was  quite interesting to see how many people flipped the lids open just 
to bend  down and get a good whiff of "That Hot-Oil Smell".

A couple of  GreenKeyers were there. Byron Cannon, W6QNE, and Larry 
Laitenen, 
W7JYJ, was  there from Salem, Oregon.

On the way down before we got to San Ramon we  stopped in El Sobrante and 
met 
Paul the Teletype Parts guy.

It took  almost exactly 24 hours to drive home.

We keep lamenting "No more trips  to California!!"  But, who's to say????