Communications Terminal / Coder/Decoder telex & morse
Dear Visitor, This site is intended as a source of information about the still famous and often used communications terminals known as Tono Theta. In Europe distributed from the TONO Corporation Japan, in the US distributed by Drake Corporation. Manuals on all types from all company's involved have been gathered with some extra material, it will take some time but we intend to publish those manuals online for those interested. We are still looking for lots of extra information. We are still searching for information on modifications, if you ot eny, please send them. As you might see this site lacks a lot of information. Your input is welcome. TONO WEBPAGE TEAM |
Models Distributed by Tono Corporation:
Θ-350, Θ-550, Θ-777, Θ-5000, Θ-7000, Θ-7070, Θ-9100
Models Distributed for the American market under the brand name Drake:
Θ-550, Θ-7000E, Θ-9000E
Short history of theta model:
| TONO THETA 350 |
1975 RECEIVED RTTY FOR THE 1ST TIME, USING A TONO 350 |
| TONO THETA 7000 DRAKE THETA 7000 |
introduced in
June of 1969, pricing
$1095.00. |
| TONO THETA 550 DRAKE THETA 550 |
introduced in
June of 1969, pricing $499.95 |
| TONO THETA 777 |
28nov1984 1-2/85 3/85Apr-87 |
| TONO THETA EXL 5000E |
- receives and sends CW, BAUDOT, ASCII, RTTY… Built-in Display with extra 9 inch display. Jul-85 |
| TONO THETA 7070 |
17/jul/87 7/6/87 |
| TONO THETA 9100E | Décodeur RTTY, CW
Caractéristiques : Codeur Decodeur , RTTY, CW sans PC. |
| DRAKE THETA 9000E | Comms Terminal Oct 85 Theta9000E replaced 7000E, probably 1970 or 1971. The Theta 9000E sold for $995.00 |
Link to: TONO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL MANUALS
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