[Milsurplus] USN RTTY

[Nick England]

Brief shots of the unit and screen in action are in this video about the Jim 
Creek AN/FRT-3 VLF xmtr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WXZ2T2fosw

It is a TT-71/UG rear projection TTY - photo on my Navy TTY page at
http://www.virhistory.com/navy/navy-tty.htm

(also a little info on the TT-49 and TT-50 which are Model 15's modified to 
withstand more tilt in shipboard environments)

regards,
Nick, always looking for more info on Navy radio communications to add to
http://www.virhistory.com/navy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] USN RTTY


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Haynes" <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
>> There is a story by Walt Zenner (former V.P. of R&D at Teletype) about
>> building some Model 15 projector sets for use on carriers.  They were
>> for the purpose of briefing the pilots, as they couldn't hear an oral
>> briefing because of all the noise. > Jim W6JVE
>> jhhaynes at earthlink dot net
>
> Jim, what does "projector" mean in this case? Not familiar with
> this.
> BTW, i thought the pilots had a "Ready Room" where they kinda
> sat around between missions? With a big board up front with
> various interesting headings, that i only have a partial clue to
> the variety of, from a couple photos? And it was not quiet there?
> -Hue Miller  K7HUE
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