[GreenKeys] Quiz

Dino Papas kl0s at cox.net
Wed Dec 23 08:26:33 EST 2009


On 23Dec2009, at 8:22 AM, til128 at aol.com wrote:
Ahhhhh, I can still smell the oil of my Model 19, seeing the power  
supply mercury-vapor rectifiers "arc" over and give off a purple glow  
once they'd warmed up and loop current was flowing, and the wonderful  
shaking of the house as print began!  Memories, memories....don't get  
that on my computer screen nowadays!

Happy Holidays to all....

73 -- Dino KL0s

>
>
> I found this  "quiz" on an Amateur radio  site:  ;-))
> ---------------------------------------
> What teletype  machine was most used by Radio Amateurs in pre- 
> computer RTTY
>  operations?
>
> 1 The Kleinschmidt M-556
> 2 The  Smith-Corona Mighty-Mite MK-1
> 3 The International Business Machine  Corp.
> 4 The Teletype Corp. Model 15
> ---------------------------------------
> Answer 4 is Correct!
>
> The  Teletype Corp. Model 15, was used by virtually every RTTY  
> service, to
> include  Radio Amateurs, wire services, airlines, the US military;  
> anyone or
> service with  teleprinting requirements.
>
>
> 73,
> DE: Tom Tillson
> All Things  Electromechanical.
> ITTY
> GREENKEYS
> HEAVYMETAL
> LL TTY
> NNNN


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