[GreenKeys] New Guy Intro....

[Randy or Sherry Guttery]

NNN7DXB at aol.com wrote:

> 
> Anyone on the list ever work in a military teletype tape relay station?
> ("tape ape", a name given to traffic expediters in relays). Tape relays
> were military communications center operations (commcenters).

Informally - Sherry and I ran MARS relays between Nam and S.F. for a 
year or so while we were in Guam (73-75). We'd copy incoming to a tape 
at home - then re-run it on to S.F. If conditions were not good (and we 
got fussed at for running more than a few watts in housing)- we'd run it 
to the Proteus' HAM Shack. Only a 100 watts out - but into that huge 
Rhombic aimed at S.F. - it was more than enough. We copied tape to a 
Klienschmidt TT-179 printing punch/reader set (Also had a model 28KSR 
(TT-47) with a 3 speed gearshift and a Klienschmidt TT-117 KSR)...  had 
standard 28 gear at the shack.

best regards...
-- 
randy guttery

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