"Dittybop / Dittybopper"
Wilson Gray
wilson.gray at RCN.COM
Sat Feb 5 05:50:11 UTC 2005
What does "WV2PBR" stand for?
-Wilson
On Feb 4, 2005, at 10:52 AM, Mark A. Mandel wrote:
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> Subject: Re: "Dittybop / Dittybopper"
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> Wilson Gray writes:
>>>>>>
> More useless information:
> when teletypy is heard on a voice channel, it sounds like Morse code to
> the untutored ear. Or at least it did on the equipment available in the
> late '50's.
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> But extremely fast and regular, distinctively so I think.
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> -- Mark (ex-WV2PBR, circa 1964)
> [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]
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