[GreenKeys] ASCII replacing Baudot

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From what I understood during the transition, there’s a bunch of merchant ships that still use teletype and receive weather bulletins from NOAA, over the air & onto them (makes sense when you think how rough the seas can be with those big ships and how nearly indestructible heavy metal can be).  I think transmitters along the coasts were still going to keep transmitting Baudot via software translation - again, if I remember right - due to continued use.


> On Dec 10, 2024, at 7:56 AM, John Spigel <w1an.dxusa at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The US Weather service started replacing all Baudot with ASCII in 2016 says NOAA. Although difficult to believe anyone would be creating maps with the weather typeset until then. It would be interesting to hear more of the story. Where would these older machines, 28s presumably or 32s have been active? News stations, outposts in AK? Pacific islands. or overseas? Any weather service list members?
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> https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/national-weather-service-will-stop-using-all-caps-in-its-forecasts
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> 73, John W1AN