[GreenKeys] SAQ VLF using 5-bit tape

[Henning Treumann]

Merry Christmas to all!

It's a HELL (Germany)  morse code tape reader. It reads Morse somehow in
5-Bit code and transmitts it as Morse.
You can adjust transmitting speed directly at the reader.

73
Henning DF3OE
i-Telex 925302


Am Fr., 24. Dez. 2021 um 17:33 Uhr schrieb Duncan Brown <
duncanancy at earthlink.net>:

> The annual transmission from SAQ on the 17.2 Kc Alexanderson Alternator
> was done this morning. You can watch  the startup and transmission on
> YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecg2UrKvNr8
>
> Alexanderson Alternators operating on around 17 Kc with an antennas 2.5
> Km long was the standard for commercial long distance transmissions;
> until hams showed you could do it with 5 tubes and a 100ft antenna, 100
> years ago this month.
>
> Note that the Morse "wheel" to send the "VVV DE SAQ" was actually done
> from a five bit teletypewriter tape. The machine then converted it into
> Morse to key the transmitter.  Many radio stations would receive news
> and telegrams by teletypewriter, but transmit them by Morse. So there
> were mechanical machines to do the translations, in both directions.
>
>
> 73 &Seasons greetings.
>
> Duncan
> K2OEQ
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