K=D8HB wrote:
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didn't they test the machines at 100 before the changeover?

Ponder that question a minute! It's pretty hard to test a
60WPM machine at
100WPM until you convert it to 100WPM. Duh!!!

You misunderstand - probably because I wasn't clear. Here's what I
meant to say, but mangled:

"Didn't 'Those In Charge Back On Land'(1), who decided to change to 100
wpm, run some off-air, lab tests on the various types of teleprinters
in use by the fleet before the changeover, to see how the machines
would hold up?"

I guess not. They must have figured that if the teleprinter
manufacturer said the machines would work at 100 wpm, and made 100 wpm
gears, there would be no problem.

In some cases (CVA's, CL's, CA's, and flag-configured
platforms) that was
possible with spare machines, but most hulls did not have that
luxury. You just
swapped out the gearset and crossed your fingers. If it broke, you
could always
send a CASREPT and shift to the FOX broadcast.

I know what FOX is and I assume CASREPT is a request for a repeat. But
I could be mistaken.

73 es tnx de Jim, N2EY

(1) Civilian's made-up term that should be self-explanatory.