Ken Carr, KE1RI congratulates ARRL-donated gift certificate winners at left, here as exhibitors from outside Worcester. Many thanks to Steve Ewald, WV1X for the generous ARRL donations to support our only RI officially-sanctioned Flea Market. Shown here are more NEWSM Museum supporters, including ARRL HQ Lab alum Bob Allison, WB1GCM . He is the author of the popular Amateur Radio Transceiver Performance Testing – Understanding HF Transceiver Data from QST Product Reviews. Great to meet so many who drove up from Connecticut.
Michael KC1VIO from the EMA Section helped mentor Ben del Rosario from Narragansett. Ben is not yet licensed but into shortwave listening & DIY electronics tinkering. Definitely a motivated learner, this was Ben’s second visit to a RI Radio Amateur public event welcome booth sponsored by Fidelity Amateur radio club. Once again, a big turnout at the Flea Market from Fidelity Club Members – including “Swap & Sell” Dan, KA1BNO.
RI Section Skywarn coordinator Wayne, KA1VRF with Bernie, WI1. Want to talk about tactics for successfully selling gear at this Flea Market? Talk to Wayne, KA1VRF who arrived with a trailer filled with ham radio equipment he was ready to sell, and left having sold almost everything. (Pretty good for a $5 table investment!)
RI Section Emergency Coordinator, Jeremy K1JST checks in with Will KA1YJG, visiting for the first time from CT.
Lots of stories here amidst the distinctive sound of a historic electro-mechanical teleprinter, field printing the unexpected history of The Teletype Corporation from 1902-1990, including:
Model 15 (1930)
The Teletype Model 15 is a Baudot code page printer; the mainstay of U.S. military communications in World War II. A reliable, heavy-duty machine with a cast frame. In 1930, Sterling Morton, Howard L. Krum, and Edward E. Kleinschmidt filed an application for a U.S. patent covering the commercial form of the Model 15 page printer. Approximately 200,000 Model 15 teleprinters were built. The Model 15 stands out as one of a few machines that remained in production for many years, remaining in production until 1963, a total of 33 years of continuous production. The production run was stretched somewhat by World War II — the Model 28 was scheduled to replace the Model 15 in the mid-1940s, but Teletype built so many factories to produce the Model 15 during World War II that it was more economical to continue mass production of the Model 15. The Model 15, especially in its “receive only” configuration with no keyboard, was the classic “news Teletype”, at least until the 1950s, when the news wire services began to move to TeleTypeSetter feeds, but also long after that in places. Some radio stations used a recording of the sound of one of these machines as background during news broadcasts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype_Corporation
Congrats again to Ken Carr and the New England Wireless and Steam Museum Team for another successful Radio Tune-Up Flea Market.
Missed the July Radio Tune-Up Flea Market? Visit this one-of-a-kind gem of a museum, centrally-located but off the beaten path.
Open Saturdays May 31 through October 25th 9am–3pm. For more information, see: https://newsm.org/visit/
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