[GreenKeys] nice WE model 32 on ebay

[Jerry Murphy]

TRT Global Communications was better known as Tropical Radio and
Telegraph.  The name was usually shortened to "Tropical Radio."

Tropical Radio was started by the United Fruit Company to link 
their ships and plantations with headquarters in the US.  Tropical
Radio later morphed from an in-house enterprise into a full fledged
common carrier.  It was one of the International Record Carriers
that carried international telex and telegraph traffic into and out
of the US.  The other IRCs were RCA Global Communications, ITT World
Communications, Western Union International, French Telegraph Cable
Co., Cable and Wireless and several others.  Most of the IRCs have
vanished or been taken over by other companies.

If you were located in or near a so-called "gateway city," you could
get international telex service from one of the IRCs.  A telex machine
installed by an IRC was fully compliant with international telex 
standards.    

Jerry Murphy




-----Original Message-----
>From: Duncan Brown <duncanancy at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Jan 28, 2018 9:05 AM
>To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] nice WE model 32 on ebay
>
>Does anyone know anything about "TRT Global Communications" ??
>
>I know RCA Global Communications provided the link between US & Europe 
>for TELEX at one time (AWA Museum has a Siemens T100 TELEX machine with 
>a RCA logo on it).  Maybe "TRT Global Communications" took over from RCA 
>Global at some point??
>
>Thanks,
>
>Duncan
>K2OEQ
>