[GreenKeys] RTTY on the Space Shuttle!

[Andy KN4UCL]

outstanding!

On Sun, Dec 15, 2024 at 10:52 AM Duncan Brown <duncanancy at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Did you know that a teleprinter flew on the space shuttle for almost 20
> years?  Not a "teletype", but originally a Kleinschmidt design.
>
> In the late 1960, Kleinschmidt Labs developed the AN/UGC-74 for the US
> Army, but then the program was canceled. (I saw the non-tactical version of
> it (AN/FGC-80) at the US Signal Corps School in Ft Gordon in 1966.)  When
> the Army finally ordered the AN/UGC-74, KLI was out of the TTY business and
> the contract went to others.
>
> In 1980-81, a teleprinter was needed for the Space Shuttle and developed
> in 7 months from the UGC-74 design.
>
> Curious Mark just got one, see
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HihKMIVnbs
>
> For more details, see
> https://www.righto.com/2024/08/space-shuttle-interim-teleprinter.html
>
> This means that mechanical teleprinters were in use for over 100 years!
> (1880s to 1991)
>
> 73 & have fun,
>
> Duncan Brown, K2OEQ
> USASA    31J30
>
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