[GreenKeys] Looking For MITES with keyboards

[Steve Garrison]

As an AF teletype jock I had to go out to the flight line at Kadena AB Okinawa to work on a MITE that was on board a Navy C-130 electronic surveillance plane. I had never worked on one before (nor trained) but was the only TTY jock on Okinawa with a security clearance high enough to go on the plane.  Turned out to be a simple repair and I was able to get them communicating with it in short order.  Their operator knew how to send and receive messages but admitted he was lost trying to figure out what was wrong with it. 

Steve G./N4TTY
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> On Mar 20, 2014, at 19:12, Larry <Telegrapher at Q.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/20/2014 11:54 AM, Don Robert House wrote:
>> Bruce, 
>> 
>> YOU MIGHT TRY CONTACTING THE AMARG IN TUCSON ARIZONA. 
>> THE OLDER P-3 ORIONS EACH HAD A MITE KSR AND ASSOCIATED MODEM. 
>> 
>> That was back when they trusted the enlisted aircrew to operate the HF radios. 
>> Nowadays one of the officers does all the communications. 
>> 
>> <http://www.dm.af.mil/units/amarc.asp> 
>> 
>> Don 
>> K9TTY 
>> former AX2 (AC) USN 1962-1968 
>> 2nd Tech Navy 151385 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 20 Mar 2014, at 6:21 AM, Bruce Gentry wrote: 
>> 
>> I now have two receive only MITEs, one close to working and another restorable. I will get to work on them seriously this weekend, thanks to Jim's scanned manual. However, I still am looking for one (or more)  with a keyboard,  especially  in the portable water-resistant case.  The pictures I have seen of those look neat.  Thanks to all who have responded. 
>> 
>>   Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY 
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> Don't bother.  There are no even close to servicable P-3 aircraft at the AMARC in Tucson.  They have all been sold as fire fighting aircraft or junked.  I went thru the last one down there several years ago and there was nothing in it of any use.  
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