[GreenKeys] police TTY

[Ralph Irish]

There was another TTY 'service' I heard of.  A good ham friend, Paul, W8IDJ/W8OX (now SK as of 1 Mar 2019) made a
few references to "the lean machine', which was phonetic.  It was actually the  "L.E.I.N. system, which was "Law
Enforcement Information Network".  Paul, was a Detroit Police Detective Sargent  at his retirement in 1983 or 84.
He finished his E.E. degree and found a job in Phoenix with Motorola.  His wife and mine, and our four children, 
(each had a boy first and a girl second), got along well.  Paul and I and the ladies traveled to Dayton several
times for the Hamvention.  It was pretty hard for us to lose them when Paul found that great job in Phoenix.

He worked in many areas of law enforcement.  He worked for a few years at the 'Radio repair/installation unit',
and worked VICE and a few other specialized jobs in his 25 years.  He and I were both RTTY people and both were
on the 80M Autostart net on 3637.5 for several years.  

Personally, I would be surprised at any agency still using TELETYPEs.  Speed is too slow, and maintenance would
be a problem.  Not impossible, though.

Ralph - W8ROI

P.S.  I am working my way up (chronologically) through about 50 e-mails.  If there is another reference
      to L.E.I.N.  I have not yet seen it.

R.

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On May 29, 2020, at 1:35 PM, Steve Garrison wrote:

> Yes the NCIC was what the “teletype” I referenced was connected to at the PD I dispatched for.  Thanks for jogging my memory Wayne.
>  
> Steve G./N4TTY
>  
> From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net <greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of WAYNE
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2020 1:23 PM
> To: GREENKEYS BULLETIN BOARD <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [GreenKeys] police TTY
>  
> In the late 1970's I had three 35's on my route to service.  Two were at Beech Aircraft in the comm center (an old school building).  Both were TWX's.  One RO to receive and the other an ASR for sending.  They also had two Telex machines, one 28 RO and one 28 ASR, same setup.  Around the plant there were numerous desk fax machines that would send and receive messages thru the comm center.  
>  
> The other location (finally) was at a police station, either Wichita Police, Sheriff or State Police, cant remember which.  Maybe all 3.  Lots of security at the building. It was NCIC service (National Crime Information Center?).  The 35 ASR had all the bells and whistles and I used to service it with great care as it was quite intricate compared to a 28 and hard wired to the system.  Had to get the Wire Chief to block the connection to the network while I did my work.
>  
> Enuf history for today I guess.
>  
> 73,
>  
> Wayne
> KB1FDW
>  
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