[GreenKeys] Historial archive

[Ron Kolarik]

Now how cool would that be!!
Congrats on the upgrade Dave.

UE
Ron
K0IDT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David I. Emery" <die at dieconsulting.com>
To: <dmm at lemur.com>
Cc: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Historial archive


> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 03:59:24PM -0500, dmm at lemur.com wrote:
> > 
> > Javier wrote:
> > >Basically what I thought, was to have an archive of historical interest 
> > >telegrams/news reports/EBS broadcasts/whatever, etc which may have been 
> > >transmitted over teletypes at some point of history.
> > 
> > The military comm feeds mentioned are quite interesting (if more than
> > a bit unsettling for the non-simulated ones - reading of current deaths).
> > 
> > I'm wondering, following up on Javier's thought, whether any 
> > civilian wire service data survive?   As my Teletype interest
> > comes via Linotypes, I'd love to see samples of AP or other wire
> > service feeds as they would have been received by a newspaper.
> > I'm thinking here more of the everyday news, not necessarily 
> > of significant events.
> 
> At one time I had some actual audiotape of the UPI FDM-FSK vft
> tty mux low speed radio and newspaper wire distribution circuit as it
> reached the UPI machine at our college radio station in the late 60s,
> but I am not sure I could find it or a 1/4 reel to reel tape machine to
> play it.   One of those I haven't looked at it in 40+ years items in a
> box somewhere.
> 
> -- 
>   Dave Emery N1PRE/AE, die at dieconsulting.com  DIE Consulting, Weston, Mass 02493
> "An empty zombie mind with a forlorn barely readable weatherbeaten
> 'For Rent' sign still vainly flapping outside on the weed encrusted pole - in 
> celebration of what could have been, but wasn't and is not to be now either."
> 
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