[MRCG] TG-34 on TV

Fri Jul 11 12:21:54 EDT 2014

We have a long retired KSM op here in Eureka ("TR" Reese) that is one of those savants. He said they'd often have the TV on or be reading a newspaper while sending and copying traffic. In the ears and straight out the fingertips to the Bug or the typewriter, without touching the sides!
73 DE JIM K6FWT

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Subject: Re: [MRCG] TG-34 on TV

So Jerry,  does that imply that they had "receive guys" and "transmit guys" for their radio operations.  Or were the receive guys, as you mention, used as intercepts only.

The Army had those, but they copied with the letter to type mode.  I know that because the ones coming back from Asia in the late 50's could copy in their head and tell you what was being received.

With my attempts to type from code a while back I noticed that if I thought about what letter it was at the higher speeds (25+) I would loose it.  

DC

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Subject: Re: TG-34 on TV

The Navy, back in the days when it used      Morse, taught the Radiomen to take code directly into a      typewriter.  They learned to associate the sound of a letter with      a keystroke.  Interestingly, they did not learn to read Morse into      letters (either with a pencil or in their head) or to type (learn      to associate a letter with a keystroke).  And the standard speed      the Navy used was 45 wpm!

      On 07/10/2014 11:20 PM, Marc Goldman wrote:

Ha Ha              Ha Ha   Har De Har De Har...

              Gentleman:

              On the TV show  Pawn Stars this evening....  This guy              brings in a TG-34  and says its a rare code reading              machine  !! no tapes... well the pawn shop guy calls in              this consultant guy. (I have seen him before on the              program)  and he brings a brand new paper tape in the              box.. no reel.. he had it in his garage..  so the bad new              is it  does not decode Morse code..  it is a classroom              training aid !!  i think there are a lot of them around..               there is one in a display case in a mini museum at              Hollister Airport.. just saw it a few weeks back .. so not              worth the $2000 he was originally asking..   the amusing              part is he still gets $200 for it at the pawn shop!!   i              think if this showed up at Foothill Swap meet ya might get              $25 for it !!  way way overpriced..   if you had a bunch              of tapes it co
 uld still be used for Morse code              training...  but who is using Morse code these days... the              subset of Ham Radio Operators that are DXers on HF....                and identifiers for repeaters and the MRHS folks...                  All this box does is  send  Morse code... most likely              random letters and numbers and maybe punctuation marks...              and the student  writes it down with a pencil and paper..              and eventually a typewriter... 

              i believe in the very early days of Morse code a machine              was invented to copy it... and than it was discovered that              the operator would learn the code by listening to the              sounder clicks... and not need the invention. much to the              consternation of its inventor !!    i am pretty sure this              was telegraph days.. before  radio.. very likely  American              Morse  

              73
              Marc Goldman
              WB6DCE
              Seaside,CA

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