[GreenKeys] Teletypes seen in the old wild...

[D Smith]

Great photo!  thanks for sharing.

That tape perforator on the left I think is called a Teletype Model 14.
Western Union used them
all the time back when their offices were open. WU called them 2A/2B. (if
my memory serves me)

When I was in the USAF, I used the KWM2, Amplifier, and Console quite a
bit. They were available
in suitcases making them easy to transport. I had a measuring tape
dipole contraption manufactured
by Collins I took along also. I only took the Collins equipment to
operate ham radio, no USAF business
but the leaders didn't know that. LOL - I never had anyone question my use
of CW on these and
other Collins radio equipment. Occasionally I would operate SSB, one just
had to be careful who
was listening in the same area I was in.

I was trained in Ground Radio repair but soon was transferred into a combat
controller unit (TAC), and
followed the Army around all over which made it way easier to get away with
operating as a ham.

73

de K9DS, Danny (My call back in USAF was WB9LUK)



On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 11:01 AM Robert Nickels <ranickels at gmail.com> wrote:

> City of Hutchinson-Reno County Civil Defense Emergency Operating Center
> located in the basement of the Reno County Courthouse.  Civil Defense
> Secretary Joan Beery operates the teletype unit. (13-15 May 1968) Likely
> a Collins KWM-2 with 312B-4 console and maybe a 30L-1 amplifier
> (obscured),  along with a  National NC-125 receiver, TU with tuning
> scope on the wall shelf,   and what appears to be a model 19ASR with the
> tape perforator counter on the right side:
>
> https://civildefensemuseum.com/coreng/hutch/cd1348.jpg
>
> Well protected by the Civil Defense fire extinguisher on the floor
> between the chair and typewriter!
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
>
>
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