My dad saved a "radiogram" that he received during WWII--a personal letter, sent by a soldier friend who worked at the other ( sending) end. It looked like a "shrunk" photocopy, about 8" square, with a glossy photo finish. Dad was attached to a supply company, and radiograms were received regularly.
Another huge disadvantage of the radio-fax machine is that it takes an average of six hours to print a daily newsprint paper, and you can only receive news fax between midnight to 6 AM. So imagine sleeping soundly and hearing your loud fax printer churning out yesterday’s news in the middle of the night!
It could be done faster depending on resolution and propagation. The slower speed accounts for more fading. I regularly decode fax from the coast guard station at Point Reyes with my shortwave radio.
I don't know why but it feels good to dig up our history even though I originally came for science. Good and informative video.
A fascinating gadget from history: the Radio Fax.
That's pretty neat....
I never heard of that machine before...
Would have been nice to see AND hear a sample of what the machine did
My dad saved a "radiogram" that he received during WWII--a personal letter, sent by a soldier friend who worked at the other ( sending) end. It looked like a "shrunk" photocopy, about 8" square, with a glossy photo finish. Dad was attached to a supply company, and radiograms were received regularly.
Another huge disadvantage of the radio-fax machine is that it takes an average of six hours to print a daily newsprint paper, and you can only receive news fax between midnight to 6 AM.
So imagine sleeping soundly and hearing your loud fax printer churning out yesterday’s news in the middle of the night!
Failed to mention that this technology is still being used by the WeatherFax service.
Great episode! 15-minute page load? Too long for today's tastes but probably fairly fast back then!
It could be done faster depending on resolution and propagation. The slower speed accounts for more fading. I regularly decode fax from the coast guard station at Point Reyes with my shortwave radio.
Comedian Joe Wilkinson does that real dead pan :-)