[GreenKeys] Power line and 75 wpm gears

[charles hunter]

Broadcast  News the radio wire in canada ran at 60 wpm until the mid 70's 
and switched to 67 wpm until the early 80's when they went to 100wpm and 
changed most of their printers from teletype to Extel.

The newspaper wires were 6 level baudot and printed small and capital 
characters. Their speed I was told was about 67 wpm.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <W8MAQ at aol.com>
To: <Teletypeparts at aol.com>; <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Power line and 75 wpm gears


>
> As a retired broadcaster I can attest that the WX loop we had, was indeed 
> 75
> wpm. It ran perceptibly faster than the UPI or AP printers.
>
> Jim Young W8MAQ
>
>
> Teletypeparts at aol.com writes:
>
> Sent a  email to Eugene off list.  Had similiar problem few years ago with
> house lights following washing machine motor chugs.  Was bad neutral  on 
> pole
> transformer feeding house.
>
> While at Western Union,  seem to remember that 75 wpm was weather circuits
> speed.  Could be  mistaken due to faulty memory of  course.
>
> Wayne
> KB1FDW
>
>
>
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