[GreenKeys] Purpose of word counter?

[David Deatrick]

Ok : had a model 19 back in the late 60’s
I remember I went to an MBT warehouse in a Detroit Suburb as I was on a
list to get a 19. I already had a model 15 at home ( my parents home as I
was only 16)
The 19 had a larger base table , and was composed of basically a model 15
main unit, a tape punch a dial character  counter and a TD (
Transmitter-Distributor) which would pull the tape thru sprocket feed and
read the tapes. The 19 I had was surplus Michigan Bell Telephone stuff, I
rewired it for  a series loop system with my W2PAT home brew demodulator
and a FSK keyer.These are my recollections.

History. I was introduced to RTTY by Irv Hoff K8DKC, and was out to his
house a few times.

73 de Dave, WA8OLD

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 18:53 steve bennett via GreenKeys <
greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> What was the word counter used for?
> Was it because messages were billed a fee per word?
> I might be confused. Is it a word counter or character counter?
>
> -Steve
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