[GreenKeys] Navy 82B1 TTY switching system photo - 1959

[Roy Morgan]

On Dec 28, 2015, at 2:16 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> <http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/technology/communications/computers---teletypewriter-networks/usn-710439-us-navy-communications-being-handled-by-the-nation-s-.html>
> 
> Zillions of 28RT units - 

Holy Relays, Batman, that’s COMPLICATED!

There must be a zillion wires in that place.  It looks like all the switching is done with relays.

I had not heard much about Cheltenham, MD.  It was a the home of the Communications Station Washington, DC:
http://www.virhistory.com/navy/commsta/chelt.htm

Which web page has a this prophetic quote from the 1969 fifty-year celebration:

"With the vast improvements in technology, it takes a very vivid imagination to predict what our station will be in another fifty years.”

That second fifty years of the place is almost up.

Roy

Seasons Greetings to all!

Roy Morgan
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K1LKY Since 1958