[GreenKeys] Purpose of word counter?

[w9ddd at tapr.org]

WU charged by the word, but that tended to be counting words manually at the point of sale.  Perhaps the bean counters wanted information to verify they were getting money to match traffic?

John, W9DDD


> On Apr 27, 2021, at 6:58 PM, "w9ddd at tapr.org" <w9ddd at tapr.org> wrote:
> 
> Are you asking about the WM200
> 
> http://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/tty/106MA-5308.pdf
> 
> Or the character counter used on the model 19 and 28 ASR?
> 
> John, W9DDD
> 
> 
>> On Apr 27, 2021, at 5:53 PM, steve bennett <raleigh_ranger at yahoo.com> 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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