[GreenKeys] Re: Larry's gears...

[eugene at hertzmail.com]

Mine is actually a western union ticker model 5A so it probably isn't
exactly a 401 but either way, Jack was able to bring it back to life. I
still have a project on my plate to make a polar switching system and
then a program to send out the 6-level code and have this starting
printing modern stock quotes. No time for fun these days.

Eugene


-----Original Message-----
From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Haynes
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:22 PM
To: Don Robert House
Cc: wa2hwj at att.net; Jim Haynes; Gil Smith
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Re: Larry's gears...


On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, Don Robert House wrote:

> I remember Jim Haynes mentioning this some time ago.
>
> Don K9TTY
>
> On 16 Sep 2008, at 11:32 AM, wa2hwj at att.net wrote:
>
> The WU 401 "ticker" that I worked on for Eugene also ran at 53 wpm (6
level).
>
> Jack K0TTY

Not to be pedantic, but the 401 was a Baudot printer made from a ticker.
In WW-II W.U. needed more teleprinters and couldn't get them, and
apparently had a surplus of tickers.  Only  a few were made, because
W.U. merged with Postal Telegraph and that made available an adequate
supply of regular teleprinters.

Maybe someone with one of the tickers can tell us what model number
W.U. gave it.  It doesn't seem to have had a Teletype model number,
because the numbered models were mainly a Bell System thing and the
tickers were not made for the Bell System.  It may also have a Teletype
letter code.


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