[GreenKeys] My old RTTY station

Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:07:39 -0500

I  miss my Model 26, and FRXD-3-EL "climbing monkey" non-typing reperf. I
still have the W2JAV t.u. built largely from old TV parts, however. It has a
W0HZR phase-shift oscilloscope on the chassis, and the beam centering magnet
is still in place, just where I positioned it back in 1963!

The rig back then was a Heathkit VF-1 driving a homebrew multiplier string
into a 6146 into a pair of 813s, powered by 872A mercury-vapor rectifiers,
swinging choke, etc. The receiver (drift box) was a Halliscratchers SX-99
with Heath QF-1 q-multiplier.

Oh, how I miss that Model 26 and the glow of those 872As!  Anybody got a
Model 26 they'd like to part with?

Vy 73, AI2Q, Alex in Kennebunk, Maine    .-.-.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Jack
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 8:36 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Old RTTY station

Larry,

I am sure you have seen the two-way business change just as I saw the
Teletype world change when I worked for Ma Bell in the 1970's.

I had the Twin Cities TU for my first converter (I built it when I was 13
years old) and had a Model 26 running with a DX40 and S-108 receiver.

73,
Jack WA2HWJ

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