[GreenKeys] Random memory about surplus TTY equipment

[Bob McConnell]

Jeffrey Angus wrote:
>> I don't know about the shore based units. But the AN/UCC-1 multi-channel 
>> RTTY demultiplexor we had aboard ship may have been its replacement.
> 
> Nods, I found this tidbit online.
> http://www.tpub.com/content/istts/14225/css/14225_18.htm
> and
> http://www.tpub.com/content/istts/14225/css/14225_19.htm
> 
> This is a later model solid state version of what I had.
> 
> Mine was a full 6-7' double wide rack 'o tube stuff.
> 
> And yeah, I would guess navy shipboard. It was built like the proverbial
> brick out house.

Actually, if it had an AN/FCC designator, I believe it was for fixed 
service, or shore based. Something that large would never have fit in 
the radio room on a destroyer. The AN/UCC is universal service, and 
there were other designators for equipment designed primarily for 
shipboard, aircraft, portable and wheeled vehicle use. Someone posted a 
link to some reference material for those a while back, but I can't put 
my finger on it right now.

Take care,

Bob McConnell
N2SPP