US Navy RTTY (RATT) Radio Teletype Equipment
1950's-60's vintage
RTTY is also called RATT (Radio Teletype)
FSK is also called CFS (Carrier Frequency Shift)
AFSK is also called Tone or Tone-Modulated
"Radioteletype System Is Used By Navy For Efficient Communications Service"
- BuShips Journal January 1953
- Early FSK converters - FRA, FRC, FRE, FRF, FRH
- AN/FRA-4 - 50 kc FSK input
- CV-57/URR (AN/URA-6) - 455 kc FSK input
- CV-60/URR (AN/URA-8) - AFSK input
- CV-71/URR (AN/URA-7) - 50 kc FSK input
- CV-89A/URA-8A (AN/URA-8A) - AFSK input
- CV-127/FRR-24 (AN/FRR-24) - 50 kc FSK input
- CV-227/URR (AN/URA-12) - 200 kc FSK input
- CV-483/URA-17 (AN/URA-17) - AFSK input
- CV-763/URR (TMC model CFA-1) - AFSK input
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Early FSK keyers - FSA, FSB, FSC
- KY-30/GRT - FSK keyer
- KY-58/GRT & KY-75/SRT - FSK keyer
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TH-39/UGT & TH-39A/UGT (TMC TIS-2 & TIS-3) - AFSK keyer
- AN/SGC-1 & AN/SGC-1A - AFSK TU
- CV-2460/SGC - AFSK TU
- CV-3510A/UG - AFSK TU
- CV-3510B/UG - AFSK TU
- AN/FGC-5 - time-division multiplex - FGC-5
page
- AN/UGC-1 - time-division multiplex - UGC-1
page
- AN/UGC-3 - time-division multiplex
- AN/FCC-3 - frequency-division multiplex- FCC-3
page
- AN/FCC-7 - frequency-division multiplex
- AN-FCC-8 - frequency-division multiplex
- AN/FGC-29 - frequency-division multiplex - FGC-29
page
- AN/FGC-60 - frequency-division multiplex - FGC-60
page
- AN/UCC-1 - frequency-division multiplex - UCC-1
page
- C-1004/SG - TTY control box - C-1004 page
- TSEC/KWX-7 - crypto control box
- TT-23/SG - patch panel
- SB-1203/UG - patch panel
- SB-1210/UGQ - patch panel
- SB-2244/UG - patch panel
- SB-3576/UG - patch panel
- loop supply
- regenerative repeater
- test equipment
- Torn Tape Centers
- Semi-Automatic Centers
- Automatic Centers
- FRB - receiving converter
- CV-97/UX - receiving converter
- CV-172A/U - receiving converter
- MD-168/UX - transmitting keyer
- KY-44A/FX - transmitting keyer
- RD-92/UX - fax recorder
- AN/UXH-2 - fax recorder
- TT-41/TXC-1B - fax scanner & recorder
- TT-66/TXC- fax scanner & recorder
1972 list of military surplus RTTY units - download
1.0 MB pdf
Includes brief descriptions.
Also see CQ magazine September 1972, page 83 (avail at http://hamcall.net/cq)
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Navy RTTY Links - more interesting info and photos
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Communication equipment manuals and descriptions
TTY manuals
