[GreenKeys] Why is a typewriter a mill?

[Commtekman at aol.com]

Thought I might add my two cents worth here also. I was in the Army  
Security Agency during the years
1960-1963 in Herzogenaurach, Germany and we copied CW twenty four hours a  
day on mills. I got up to
40 wpm but couldn't seem to get beyond that. A good OP could copy a zero  
character and quickly back
space to add a slash bar to help traffic analysis with character  
identification. I personally have three or four
mills in my collection, including an army signal corps model.
 
Final thought, at 30 wpm and beyond the op is carrying a number of  
characters in his head so that when
the traffic stops the op continues to type the characters he has heard.  
"Cut number" traffic came across
at high speed and all the typing was done on the top row of numbers.
 
Bob
K6OSM
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/6/2011 9:50:30 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
keelan at mail.grenander.com writes:

Why is a  typewriter in telegraph operations referred to as a 'mill'? 
Whenever I see the  term, I feel the urge to drag my Underwood out of storage...

-  Keelan
VE7NCR
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