Ink recorder with the resulting tape pulled across a “bridge” for a radioman to read and type
Take your time or parallel a bunch of radiomen and there you go.
Inked tape looks like this
Photos of the ink recorder, tape puller, etc. are at
Creed had a printing Morse receiver but I don’t know that it could go that fast.
So, 400 WPM Morse? This would require a CW op with fingers on steroids
to copy. What was actually used on the receiving end? Did we revert to
Morse's original ink markings on tape for decoding later?
73, John W1AN
On 25-Sep-26 17:09, til128--- via GreenKeys wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> In the series "The March of Time", in a 1935 issue they concentrate on the newsroom for the Hauptman trial.
>
> They rely on both the AP/UPI TTs and a direct telegraph (morse) wire to the courtroom.
>
> Telegraph is the hero.
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> Tom WB2TTY
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> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Wheatstone Tape Perforator - Kleinschmidt, Creed, Teletype, Boehme
> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:18:44 -0400
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> Take a look at this article. Check out the photo on page 4
>
> https://www.tmchistory.org/PressWireless/pop_mech_1945/
> flashing_the_news.pdf <https://www.tmchistory.org/PressWireless/
> pop_mech_1945/flashing_the_news.pdf>
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> On 24/09/2026 02:28, Jim Haynes via GreenKeys wrote:
>>
>> All of this got me to wondering about Press Wireless and whether
>> they used any Morse gear or was it all Teletype. Unfortunately our
>> Press Wireless veteran W6OWP is now SK but maybe I can find someone
>> who knows.
>
> There's a picture I found on the Library of Congress archive called
> "Telegraph room of the New York Times newspaper Telegrapher on the
> direct wire from Washington" showinf a reporter at a typewriter
> alongside a morse sounder. So I guess the answer is yes they did.
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> Sam
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