[GreenKeys] TWX/TELEX

[W2HX]

> The same instructor drew a diagram on the blackboard with a battery symbol powering a transformer. I guess he didn't know the difference between AC & DC.)

Oh, he knew the difference alright. He was just drawing the circuit diagram for a battery discharger.

73 Eugene W2HX


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Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2021 2:17 PM
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Subject: [GreenKeys] TWX/TELEX

Unfortunately, a lot of people refer to any teletypewriter/teleprinter as a "TWX" (or "TELEX"), probably because that has been their only exposure to one.

(I had an instructor in the Army TTY school tell us that ALL transformers had to have a center tap! I suppose he had never seen one with a center tap and assumed his knowledge was complete. The same instructor drew a diagram on the blackboard with a battery symbol powering a transformer. I guess he didn't know the difference between AC & DC.)

Nil illegitium carborundum
(don't let the bastards get you down)

Duncan
K2OEQ


On 11-Apr-21 12:57, WAYNE wrote:
> Very good Tony.
> When I was wanting to post a pic of a TWX, I found I didnt have one in 
> my files.  It seems that most sites I visited didnt know the 
> difference in TWX and Telex.  One site took me to the Twix candy bar.
> Lots of sites were showing a 32 ASR Telex and calling it TWX. After a 
> lot of looking, I finally found a decent pic of a TWX.
> 73,
> Wayne
> KB1FDW
>
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