RTTY TELETYPE MODEL 15 JUST WATCH, LISTEN AND ENJOY

NEWS FROM ITTY.COM PRINTED ON FORMER TELETYPE CORPORATION MODEL 15 TELETYPEWRITER OWNED BY AT&T AT ONE TIME.
The TTY Source comes from ITTY, the link is 209.180.212.65:8000/listen.pls but you will need WINAMP player (or maybe some other) found here www.winamp.com/ to hear the tones and patch them via audio cable to a HAL ST-6000 Converter. The converter is connected to the TTY machine.
You can also receive FSK on HF frequencies, on a good, stable shortwave radio and feed the audio output directly to the converter (HAL ST-6000 or any box capable of TTY conversion). Frequencies listed here www.rtty.com/rt...
More on ITTY here www.rtty.com/it...
More on RTTY www.rtty.com/
More on RTTY technology with lots of photos, descriptions, converters etc............ www.radioblvd.c... by Henry Rogers WA7YBS/WHRM - great resource!

[@NetworkXIII]

My father and I had a Model 15 like this back in the late 70's, we used it to receive ham radio RTTY transmissions. It was US Army Signal Corps surplus, weighed a ton, and ran like a champ despite being 40+ years old at the time. I can still smell the aroma of machine oil, warm grease and vintage ribbon ink.

[@jlwilliams]

Yikes, brings back not-entirely-happy memories of my career as a newspaper reporter in the 1980s... we had five of these (AP, UPI, and weather) running 24 hours a day, plus an AP Wirephoto machine (which made a scratchy sound that sounded like "oh boy oh boy oh boy".) Add police and fire scanners plus the voice of the managing editor complaining about the disheveled way the reporters dressed and you would have a complete soundscape of journalism's twilight years...

[@jetersleg]

Hello J.L. can I ask you a technical question ab out the AP wirephoto machine?

[@rogerwhitaker6180]

I had one of those in my bedroom when I was in High School back in the 60s. It was connected to my shortwave ham radio rig. I used it to converse with other hams around the country. Later, I worked as an Engineer at a radio station. A model 15 was how we got our news from the AP wire.

[@charlesrichards1033]

I spent six years as a newsman with UPI immediately out of college, in the heyday of teletype machines, in the pre-computer age. From 1968-70, I was on the UPI sports desk in New York City, in the NY Daily News building on E. 42nd Street, and I can still hear the never-ending clack-clack-clack of teletype machines lining the walls of the massive newsroom. I input hundreds of stories directly into a teletype over the years -- particularly at Albuquerque, Topeka, Austin and Little Rock -- frequently bypassing a typewriter entirely. By the time I began a 25-year career with The AP in 1978 at Dallas, not only the teletype but the typewriter was beginning to be a relic, giving way to computers.

[@robminmonaca]

Charles Richards when did they replace the teletype machines at your place ? Now a days I’m sure they just use computers now for receiving news.

[@pata299]

Loved that sound! It was telling me news, or sports ( the Saturday night Sunday morning college football scores!) was coming through. Didn't get too many "ding! Ding!" ones very often.

[@ruralmissouri]

When I was a teen my buddy and I rigged up a copper line between our homes and set up old crank telephones first, then added a model 19 asr at my house and a model 15 at his. My dad built a little circuit to turn the remote unit on whenever either unit was turned on. It was sooooo cool. And to think all of those machines were hauled to the dump years ago. Sure wish I had that stuff now!

[@alanstrong3295]

Sounds like an old time newsroom, like the 1960's.

[@derekharvey9707]

I remember a British teleprinter in the Station Master's office at Scarborough, Yorkshire in the 60s and then again in offices in the City of London in the 70s and 80s. Alas no longer, and no vacancies for telegraphists either!!

[@davidpotter5752]

I have a model 19 set. Will probably outlast my laptop, printer and tablet. Great video. 73's

[@markhall7646]

Got one of them too, and a 15 KSR. They will both outlive me.

[@markhall7646]

This is the original HEAVY METAL.

[@JamesWalsh2020]

Hah!

[@johnadams9044]

I'm listening and enjoying. Reminds me of my days as a cub reported at the Daily Planet.

[@RodCornholio]

Dad always said those things were noisy. He wasn't kidding.

[@mybeachshack]

WOWEE.... My dad was a telegraph operator for the Missouri Pacific for 28yrs. His office was just full of these teletype machines up until 1969 or '70. As a kid, i was mesmerized by the machinery and sounds. You had to SHOUT to be heard in his office area. Up until that time, there was still the wooden sounder-box for the telegraph key messages, btw. THANK YOU so much for posting this video. Wunderful ! I recall he used to complain about 'wire thieves' along the tracks too! All Aboard!

[@debbiemcewan5998]

Gosh!! Glad to hear that machine. I had one. For communicating with the deaf friend. Believe me that really miss it!!!!!!!

[@pauldouglas1024]

I miss the sound of a TTY in the background when listening to local radio news reports. It's like you know something important is being typed and the newscaster is about to rip a page from the news "wire" to read on the air!

[@jbrown21m]

I bought one of these at the 1973 Ft Wayne Hamfest (when it was near Cherabusko in Jan(?)). Used to record TASS and others. Still setting in the barn gathering rat poop. Thanks for the great memories!!

[@franka7691]

It's a waste to let it just sit there.

[@frankiejacques383]

my mom was a teleytype oporater for the t.v.a for from 1958 to 1994

[@josephwonderless1258]

Did it effect her hearing like some of the people in the U S Navy did.

[@8981USMC]

I miss the sound of these.

[@chrisnzella]

"THIS JUST IN..." :) I love this sound and sight. :)

[@pauldouglas1024]

Me too!

[@LMHS63]

Cool, love the noise, the smell of the oil and heat they threw. I had a 15, 19, 28, & 28 ASR which ran 100wpm at 75 Baud when I was with USN MARS. We had a perf tape set to play "Jungle Bells" on 12/24...using the EOL Bell ! Followed by a perf tape that would print Santa's face on the paper. Paper "chads" all over the floor, 'er deck !

[@gortnewton4765]

hahahaha, that would have been a lot of fun to send those kinds of messages. I had a KSR19 for amateur radio use.

[@josephwonderless1258]

You don't have that tape anymore by any chance?

[@alexyamach3635]

The sound of history and a more innocent time.

[@roberttessner77]

I wish i had one of these. My dad worked for Teletype for 30 years

[@alphasxsignal]

+Robert Tessner You can find them at Ham Radio hamfest sometimes.

[@markhall7646]

They show up on ePay now and then, and there's a user group called "Greenkeys" that can help with locating machines and stuff.

[@user-jy3lv1vx7h]

Robert Tessner I have one that I plan to list on ebay soon. Maybe you'll see it there or hit me up and make me an offer.

[@russ_treadwell]

50 years ago I was copying RTTY with a Model 15 and a home made terminal unit - what a noisy racket. Just this week I was using my SDR and fldigi to do the same thing in complete silence and joking with the XYL about how very different it is. - N1ZK

[@MarinCipollina]

Because the news never stops

[@robertlloyd-jones2269]

I had one that was my printer for a TRS80. I did a dump of a program once , went out and mowed the lawns, cleaned up part of garden and then faced my mother wrath having the house shake for hours. But lets face it, I have no problem understanding clock timing for a series printer. People do not believe me when I talk of adjusting the frequency with a tuning fork.

[@k8bzpacketradionetworks524]

How cool is this. Had one of these machines back in the early '80's and ran 45 baud RTTY on a 2 meter RTTY repeater in Pinconning, MI. It was a riot. Used to love to take the cover off and watch all the moving parts. Also had a complete functioning Mod 28ASR but never got it on the air. It was geared for 100 wpm and I never got the 45 baud gears. Thanks for posting this video. Brought back a lot of great memories. 73, K8BZ

[@joncalon939]

We have a paper folder in our print shop that when setup to do a specific type of fold, sounds exactly like a teletype. Had to pull up the video and play it alongside it folding and it's uncanny how similar the two are. Amazing it still works, but then again, things were made to last back then!

[@radiodad2008]

The TTY in this case, comes from an internet source called ITTY. Link in the video discription. The tones from ITTY are stream out through an application called WINAMP also downloadable (link in main description). I then patch from my laptop audio output to a TTY converter. In my case, I use a HAL ST-6000 but there are many other converter types that will work. The converter then converts the tones into mark-space DC impulses to actuate the Model 15 TTY machine. It's that simple.

[@pdovetonsils]

Gosh! A blast from the past. I used one of these back in the 60s and 70s. Even used one as my computer printer on my KIM-1 computer in the mid-70s. If you choose to do another video, show present day folks how we used to create and send pictures on these machines. Thanks for the memories. Jim - K5LAD

[@KandiKlover]

Just like the bustling news rooms and strategic military outposts back in the day. :3

[@caatcher]

We had one of these catch on fire during the overnight. Now _that_ was exciting.

[@hudoff]

I had one in my shack and used it to print news, coast guard and number stations from all over. I built the first TU from scratch using 88 Mh torodal inductors for the filters. I then got a surplus navy tu which was nice as it had a built in scope and very sharp filters.

[@klbird]

The mechanical teletype was replaced by the computer and digital printer starting in the late 1970's.

[@bobshoemaker2677]

I use to repair and maintain TTY in the Army. We would test them by copying news wire services UPI and AP.

[@StuC5]

Most larger Australian post offices were equipped with these Teletypes, or similar, for telegraph traffic. It's said that they were remaindered from WW2 after the US forces left. They were also used for press releases during the Melbourne Olympics in 1956. I was a mail sorter who learned to type on them. When I left the Postal service in 1972 they were just starting to be phased out in favour of newer Siemens machines, but the arrival of fax technology spelt the end of telegraph altogether. Seems impossible to find a Teletype in Australia now, certainly one in working order.

[@gortnewton4765]

I had a KSR15 about when I was 20 and played with it, and saw them at the Post Office too and delivered telegrams as a bicycle telegram boy - love them, like the noise, but having a receiver near them was a problem as they were electrically noisy.

[@joeedwards4018]

I just got my first TTY machine this week, a model 28 KSR. now hoping to find a modem so I can connect it to my radio for RTTY!

[@choppergirl]

A teletypewriter might be still cool, if you connected it up to a cell phone interface, your cell phone was left plugged in and on, and all your SMS messages were dumped out to the teletypewriter. If not a cellphone, then a low powered thin client running an linux text line IM client (not as cool, but way easier to do -- just log in with the the teletype writer to your linux box on the command line, and run the command line IM client and leave it all on :-/).

[@thenicecat69]

My old 50 Bauds SAGEM SP5 (made in France) maked the same noise. My family and my neighbors enjoyed. lol... oldies but goldies. 73s de F6BNL. :-)

[@klbird]

We fought WW II, Korea and Viet Nam with these things. How innocent was our technology of those days.

[@floopy312]

could you tell me what technology replaced them and when?

[@Compromised-yk9mc]

floopy312 Computers, 80s 90s.

[@allanrichardson1468]

In 1963, Teletypes (and eventually generic copies of them) using 8-level ASCII code, 120 wpm (defining "word" as 5 characters) as compared to 13, no case shifting, upper and lower case, many more punctuation symbols, was introduced. However, their first use was as console devices for minicomputers (smaller and simpler than mainframes) and over dialup lines to access time sharing services; Telex, the major network of teleprinters used for telegrams, kept the old systems for compatibility. Eventually, the internet replaced the telegraph network, which is only used for cash-to-cash money transfers today (when one party has no bank account, or the sender wants to avoid bank transfers for some reason). But even in the 1970s, airline reservation computers still had to communicate with Telex machines in locations not reachable by higher speed telephone lines (leased or dialup), such as Caribbean islands and developing countries. Top of the line mainframe computers sending messages to old style teleprinters!

[@billdin100]

Oh, the memories!

[@i8BBQ4Lunch]

I remember very clearly watching an AP teletype next to our college radio station in 1972 printing out birthdays for the draft. Mine was 181. They only drafted up into the 90s. Some other guys watching weren't so lucky. It still gives me the creeps.

[@ScottCasonRealtor]

now imagine a newsroom with 8 of those jokers going at the same time.

[@rjmcallister1888]

My beloved M-15! The AP would provide a box with insulation in it; put it over the M-15 and it doesn't make so much noise. They took my last one away in 1993.

[@troy4393]

Cool. I actually have one of the original military manual for the teletypewriter.

[@radiodad2008]

Great idea with the cellphone! It's an advanced radio of course. Will have to look into engineering an interface. Thanks!

[@RichardBoyd1]

Love it! Is there anyone "reasonably priced" doing checkout and "operationalization" of these in the D.C. area?

[@LMHS63]

Forgot to add, WINS 1010 in NYC runs an audio tape loop of a 19 typing away "in the back ground" during regular voice news broadcasts to this day ! Computers don't sound that cool !

[@mikejohnson4723]

These printers lasted forever.

[@billybonewhacker]

keep it going .it may be important again in a shtf situation .grt vid

[@munglebug1076]

RYRYRYRYRY CR LF I had one of these back in the late 70's, with an AN/ CV-89? US Naval Demodulator with tuning scope and a solid state AFSK TX. CR LF Moved onto a Creed 7B and 7E which I had to rebuild the Tape perforator on - Useful practise for working on British small cars - hi... CR LF The got lucky in the late 80's and found a pair of Creed 444's, one on 45 Bd and one of 50 bd with a homebrew ST5 Terminal Unit CR LF Ran those on VHF until early 90's, Ahhhh.... Happy Days! CR LF AR SK.... G8PMQ.........

[@TheStewieOne]

If the Typewriter ran on steam.

[@klbird]

Brings back a lot of memories. W0KLB!

Wonderful, thanks! Just what I needed to put a smile on :-)

[@billlm8017]

I worked in an a.m. radio station in the 1970s Lord remember that sound well rip and read the news god help you if signal garbled and lost the story go to commercial break ha ha

[@Sevalecan]

This sounds like a diesel engine.

[@Atlantis1986]

It should be quite easy to achieve. You just have to use older phone with rs232 interface, which can be controlled with Hayes AT commands. You need also level shifter from rs232 to TTL. Then you have to set up some MCU in order to format flowing data and translate characters from Baudot code to ASCII and vice versa. Most difficult part will be an interface between TTL logic and current loop used by vintage teletypes.

[@l33tr3t]

How heavy is this machine? Incredible, it still works - and I have no idea how it gets the news feed.

[@arniepodo]

This brings back lots of memories, not the least of which is the smell of machine oil. Can you detail how you are getting the 60wpm Baudot feed being printed on the machine in the video? Thanks.

[@josephwonderless1258]

Can't be stopped by an EMP.

[@valdecoxib]

doesnt it use radio to receive? pretty sure that can be interrupted by EMPs

[@n2dabloo]

I remember seeing Ratt-Rigs in the army. Did they use a similar teletype?

[@weekendrailroader]

We have one of these machines at the Newspaper & Printing Museum in Palouse, WA. If the electronics are still good, what would be the best way to go about setting up a working display where we could demonstrate the machine?

[@marianaizbeshtski4815]

I recently got one too, but mine needs repair or probably just a good cleaning. Here's an idea, why not take a video of someone typing at your teletype, then connect a switch to a PC that is ready to play this video and output sample data to your teletype when that someone in the video presses a key. It needs 60mA current loop at 150 baud (I think). I'll try to contact you offline.

[@SeattlePioneer]

You can probably set it up to receive amateur radio RTTY on shortwave frequencies. RTTY is still used by hams, so finding stations that are transmitting across the country isn't too difficult.

[@Compromised-yk9mc]

When I see that I think "purple fingers".

[@KB4QAA]

Warms the cockles of your heart, doesn't it. :)

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Offices are too dull and quiet these days.

[@KI4CFSHamRadioMartinBrossman]

Great fun! Thanks!

[@karlrschneider]

An inkjet printer hooked up to a PC ain't the same. Not EVEN. Sigh.

[@sugminbajstolle]

Absolutely amazing !

[@chrisnzella]

The future of "Facebook" and "Twitter" ? :)

[@DaveNT9E]

RTTY contests must be hell on the ears.

[@MendotaTech]

Better yet, bet a barix stream client box to recieve rtty and build a circuit that translates it and makes the teletype work. Much simpler.

[@RichardBoyd1]

(I have a couple in the basement, one of these black crinkle finish Model 15s (I guess) and one of the later model blue ones. I'd love to get them going again. I think 50 baud RTTY is still on ham radio, right?

[@markhall7646]

45.45 baud. Works out to approximately 60 wpm. Nothing like the sound of these things clacking merrily away. The 15's and 19's are heavy-duty machines that will probably outlive you and me! 73 de KE5LIB!

[@karlrschneider]

At one time I had SEVEN of those...plus 2 of the model 26. Would you part with one of them? de ex-K5ETH

[@RichardBoyd1]

Are paper and ribbons still readily available?

[@markhall7646]

You bet. Standard ribbons for a typewriter work, but you have to tie knots at the ends or add eyelets to make the machines reverse the ribbon. The original TTY ribbons were inked heavier than standard typewriter, so typewriter ribbons will give you less mileage. Upside to them is you can still get the kewl purple ink ones. If you get NOS ribbons with the metal reels they can be "freshened" with WD-40 or re-inked. Messy, but fun... Paper is still available, kind of a spendy proposition for a single roll, better by the case of 12 though. Like toilet paper, it's better to have spare rolls than to be stranded with just a core...!

[@declandunne4751]

Can anyone tell me if teleprinters were capable of transmitting pages of text across the Atlantic in the early 1930s as opposed to just a one line strip of text? If so, can you tell me which type of teleprinter it was?

[@gortnewton4765]

I have heard that pages could be transmitted through the submarine (underwater) cables as they were available then, but radio could be used too, to transmit RTTY messages.

[@markhall7646]

Stays crunchy. Even in milk.

[@robertwolfiii8711]

Real code machine

[@robertwolfiii8711]

Don't jump over the sleeping brown 🐶. Did not go over the top.

[@Baynewsvideo]

...WHAT ARE U WEARING...

[@user-jy3lv1vx7h]

What is the resale value of one of the machines? I have one but can't find any for sale or that have sold to get an idea of how much to sell it for.

[@okokokok987]

Even back in the 1970's, you could usually find them for free. People were moving to Teletype model 28 or 32 machines. Not long after that, early versions PCs or "TV Typewriters".

[@senigalliaprod]

Cool.

[@allenmiddendorff2068]

No Commo, No Intel!

[@toybox231]

great ...!!

[@xxx69roband]

well.....and now?

[@frankiejacques383]

frankie jacques 36 south georgia

[@robertwolfiii8711]

Mom can write so

[@Zickcermacity]

Easier said than done? ;)

[@kacey_donner]

Is this for sale?

[@67168]

Will it receive and print an email ?

[@gortnewton4765]

It won't receive emails but will print them if you can get the text through a USB port, converted into codes the RTTY understands and it will print the text like any printer.

[@CharlesMartel676]

Not THAT'S old school!!!!! 72