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The elecrowriter, ahh yes, wonderful technology. It was originally introduced at PATCC (Preston Centre) and used to send information on Sector 25 flights to the outlying radar units, Preston itself having no radar. The units involved, as far as I can remember being Ulster, Northern, Lindholme and Eastern. The device was a machine the size of a mousmat and about 4 inches deep to take the rolls of paper. there was a pen device with which we wrote the details on the paper, which were, transmitted to the other units, in real time. Aparrently if the receiving machines wern't set up right, theey often received just a scrawl of writing. This great invention cut down the number of phone calls we used to have to make to advise the radar units of the flights. If the flight wasn't affecting a particular unit they would then just ignore the message. This mcahine was used at LATCC on North Sea when Preston closed, and was used there until Eastern Radar was transferred to North Sea.