[GreenKeys] Telewriter

[Ralph Mowery]

Sounds about like a man I went to high school with. He joined the Air Force
about 1970 when you could get out if they did not put in what you signed up
for.  He signed up for electronics and they shipped him to Alaska painting
radar towers.  Seems he went to the base commander and the commander pulled
out the book and showed him, Electronics, Radar, Radar towers, Radar tower
maintenance, painting of radar towers. "Son you are in electronics by the
book, now get back out and start painting".  
 


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Gentry
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 3:50 PM
To: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Telewriter

At the time I was in the Air Force, ground radio people were responsible 
for fax machines, and the Telautograph was included with them. Although 
we did not receive any specific instruction, PA systems, theater sound 
systems, two-way radios for the engineering squadrons and air police, 
electronic organs, phonographs and tape recorders were also our work. In 
reality, except for the fax machines, 99% of our work was the 
trans-pacific HF equipment and airfield communications. Ground radio had 
one of the widest and most interesting work definitions, but in reality, 
we rarely got to work on the enjoyable stuff and instead had constant 
service calls on worn out WW2 and Korean War junk that should have gone 
to Fair Radio in 1955.