[GreenKeys] Teletype - old photo

Peter Gottlieb hpnpilot at gmail.com
Wed Jun 19 23:04:03 EDT 2019


Unless the whole thing is staged. 


Peter

> On Jun 19, 2019, at 10:59 PM, Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 19 Jun 2019, Nick England wrote:
>> Not clear what the WAVE is staring at while tuning the SRR-13 receiver.
>> Maybe an FSK converter hidden from view or just a pose for the photo.
> Where her left hand is would appear to be the power switch on the Model 15.  But then she is tuning the radio receiver with her right hand.
> It's curious there is a plain old oscilloscope next to the receiver.
> In a ham station that would be the RTTY tuning indicator, but there is
> no RTTY converter visible in the picture.  Except the receiver suggests
> that it is a RTTY installation.
> 
> Another interesting feature is the Model 14 reperf mounted above the XD on
> the 19.  We've often discussed that this was a popular arrangement even
> though Teletype wanted to put the reperf under the table on a little
> stool with casters.  The framework holding up the reperf is made of
> steel rods, unlike the Western Electric ones that were made of wood or
> sheet metal.  So I would guess it was locally fabricated.
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