[GreenKeys] Extel TTY printer

[George B. Hutchison]

Sheldon - - -

Good to hear from you.

The Extels were certainly a mixed blessing.

New they performed very well, but unlike a 15 or a 20, grew very 
weak in the knees in a surprisingly short period of time.

UPI never did pony up and replace the model 15 at KCID in Caldwell, 
Idaho.

That machine was in an insulated plywood box with no ventilation.

They would never allow PMs during the day, and only when it had 
crapped out completely would they allow access after nine PM at 
night.

It ran so hot that you could have cooked a Marie Callender's Chicken 
Pot Pie in it. Sweep off the rust if you didn't need iron in your 
diet.

Anyway, those are days of yore..

HOPE that the VOA or whatever they call themselves is treating you 
well. Don't hear much of or about VOA short-Wave service any more..

I think the world's transition to all-satellite distribution is a 
big mistake. My nephew, ITTY's "Well-Placed-Source", strongly 
believes that the government's doing us all a dis-service due to the 
quietly downplayed vulnerability of satellite communications. The 
Chinese are actively working on EMP Weapons, as I believe are the 
Iranians.

The mysterious submarine-launched Rocket Trail which appeared 
somewhere west of Los Angeles a couple of years ago and the 
curiously coincidental incident of a cruise ship in the same area 
which went electrically completely dead in the water at about the 
same instant has not been mentioned much at all by anyone.

And apparently it is not nice to ask too many questions.

Take care, and it would be a real pleasure to someday meet you so we 
can swap, lies, truths, anecdotes, stupidities, etc.

73,

George - W7TTY