[RTTY] LSMFT

[Bill, W6WRT]

To: <ws7i at ewarg.org>,
	<rtty at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] LSMFT
From: "F.R. Ashley" <gdadx2 at clearwire.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 18:22:44 -0500

I was in the USAF, and I had to learn how to "read the holes".  We
used to joke with the new guys and tell them to go  to the supply room
and get a few boxes of line feeds and carriage returns, hi hi..

73 Buddy WB4M
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WS7I" <ws7i at ewarg.org>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 5:50 PM
Subject: [RTTY] LSMFT


>A famous RTTY accronym.
>
> Low Space Means Fine Teletype(r)
>
>>From the machine days.  Anyone want to buy a hole punch? Useful for fixing 
>>tape and correcting errors in the data.
>
> A few punches here and there and volla.  BTW I worked in the ARMY with a 
> guy who submitted a proposal to stop printing the output on the tape with 
> ink.  That saved the DOD major bucks, but resulted in all of us having to 
> learn "hole reading" an art form not practiced much anymore.
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