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 | | In 1950, he sought to expand this long-distance contact by acquiring a used Model 12 "receive only" teletypewriter, usually called a TTY, from a Los Angeles newspaper plant. |
 | | With the new machine, he could receive radioteletype communications from Japan, the Philippine Islands, Australia, South America, and many places in the U.S. But it was not long before he realized that receiving radioteletype messages was not enough to satisfy him. |
 | | He searched for six months and finally procured a keyboard from an East Coast ham. |
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