[GreenKeys] Weird Wheatstone tape perforator

[Duncan Brown]

Wasn't there some marine weather forecasting/reporting done with all 
numerals? Maybe I've seen it on DDK broadcasts?

Strange that there is no "zero" key.

Duncan
K2OEQ

On 06-Sep-21 12:40, Richard Dillman wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 9:09 AM Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com 
> <mailto:navy.radio at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I owned this unit some years ago and just came across the photos -
>     It looks like a standard Wheatstone perf, but had been modified to
>     have only keys 1-9 plus the space bar.
>
>     There must be a story behind this, but I can't figure out what it
>     might be...
>
>
> Wow, what an unusual machine.  Thanks for the photos.
>
> My guess?  It was intended to punch tape for crypto number groups.  
> But we may never know for sure.
>
> RD
>
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