[Elecraft] User's Dilemma

[John Canfield]

Early in my career at SW Bell (then management with AT&T Info Systems) I 
was a Teletype tech. We worked on Model 28, 33, 35, 40, 3274 bisync 
terminals, printers, tape punch, readers and tape printers. Classes on 
each model were five days a week, eight hours a day for three weeks. It 
took me at least a year to become proficient on most models. After two 
years I could pull a mainshaft on a Model 28/35 to replace clutch parts 
and have it back in service in 20 minutes. At that point as a TTY tech I 
was called on and traveled to assist others in a difficult repairs.

My standard to become up to speed (maybe 90%) is about six months for 
the many jobs I had at AT&T.

Sidebar: The model 33s were the 'economy' models. Adjustments were made 
by bending various parts, arms, levers, etc. From a technician point of 
view they were junk.

John WB5THT

On 12/16/2023 7:51 PM, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
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> Send it to Watsonville for the best service. Let me give you a story of
> my personal experience.
>
> When I started with K2 repairs, I had Gary Surrency to bounce any
> difficult situations off of.? Gary was kind enough to lead me 'by the
> hand' through the initial process.? I was on the east coast area working
> remotely with both Gary (Arizona) and Watsonville. After about 6 months,
> Gary asked me why I only asked about difficult questions, and I told him
> that the easy ones I had already solved.
>
> Go on to my 'retirement' from repairs.? Dave Van Wallaghen W8FGU took
> over.? Dave already had experience with the legacy gear that I was
> working on. Still, it took about 6 months before Dave was fully
> on-board, and after almost 2 years, he still asks about some of the
> 'really strange stuff' that he encounters, and I may or may not be able
> to offer any additional information..