[CW] Apollo program Era telegraphy

Fri Oct 30 20:32:49 EDT 2009

>From Patrick Barthelow - of possible interest to those here on the CW
reflector.

73

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From: Patrick Barthelow <apolloeme at live.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MorseCode] Apollo program Era telegraphy
To: telegraph at w1tp.com, morsecode at mailman.qth.net

Russian Hand sent morse from Space, olden days:

http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/sounds/komarmor.mp3

More Cosmonaut Morse Stories:

http://retrotechnologist.blogspot.com/2009/08/cosmonaut-morse-code.html

Telegraphers:

http://www.mindspring.com/~tjepsen/Teleg.html<http://www.mindspring.com/%7Etjepsen/Teleg.html>

Rough and Tumble Engrs:

http://www.roughandtumble.org/rt_about_overvw.asp

Best Regards,
Pat Barthelow
apolloeme at live.com
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Anderson Peak Optical Tracking Station:
http://cid-2eb5c45df634a712.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Anderson%20Peak
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Jamesburg Moon Bounce/Earth Station  http://www.jamesburgdish.org

> From: telegraph at w1tp.com
> To: apolloeme at live.com; morsecode at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [MorseCode] Apollo program Era telegraphy
> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:58:24 -0400
>
> Thanks, Patrick,
>
> About 7 years ago in Germany I bought what I was told is a key from a
> Russian Spacecraft:
> http://w1tp.com/9729.jpg
> http://w1tp.com/9729a.jpg
> http://w1tp.com/9729b.jpg
> http://w1tp.com/9729c.jpg
> http://w1tp.com/9729d.jpg
> http://w1tp.com/9729e.jpg
> http://w1tp.com/9729f.jpg
> Of course, people will tell you anything to sell you a key ;-))
>
> The next year in Germany, someone sold me this key and told me it was used
> in a Russian helicopter.
> http://w1tp.com/9727.jpg
> http://w1tp.com/9727a.jpg
> http://w1tp.com/9727b.jpg
>
> They seem quite similar except for the complexity of the additional
> switches...
>
> Maybe I am exceptionally gullible but they are lightweight and look as
> though they belong in some kind of flying machine.
>
> 73, Tom
>
> Tom Perera - W1TP
> Email: telegraph at w1tp.com
> Enigma Museum: http://w1tp.com/enigma
> Telegraph Museum: http://w1tp.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Barthelow" <apolloeme at live.com>
> To: <morsecode at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 10:16 AM
> Subject: [MorseCode] Apollo program Era telegraphy
>
>
> >
> >
> > For some interesting history of remote regions of Western Australia,
> > (Carnarvon) where telegraph still operated even in the Apollo program
era,
> > take a look at this story...and a heroic woman who saved the day during
an
> > apollo mission.
> >
> >
> >
> >
http://echoesofapollo.com/2009/05/02/the-wilds-of-carnarvon-western-australia-in-the-early-days/
> >
> >
> >
> > Also, I dont have details, but I heard that there was a built in morse
> > code key in the Russian Space craft, in case normal comms failed...
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Pat Barthelow
> > apolloeme at live.com
> > "Echoes of Apollo" http://www.echoesofapollo.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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