[GreenKeys] 28 ASR find

[Tom Elmore]

  I thought I would share a story of a recent find of a model 28 ASR.  =
Several weeks back while admiring the one a ham had in town he thought =
were there might be another in somebody's garage.  This past Saturday we =
ventured over to the lady that had the unit and other than the dust and =
dirt that had accumulated it looked operational. The problem was it was =
buried in her garage under lumber and since Anchorage is still in the =
throes of winter with about five of snow in her yard and an RV blocking =
the garage there was no way this thing was moving until June at the =
earliest. Being some what disappointed my friend Bob mentioned another =
late ham who had a model 28 but his house had been sold over a year ago =
and there was a rumor this thing might still be left in the garage. The =
house was about 50 miles a way and no one knew the name of the new =
owners to call and verify.  Well a crude map with an address was drawn =
up and I decided to take my fianc=E9e for an afternoon drive on Sunday. =
I arrived at the home and knocked on the door and was greeting lady who =
lived there and explained what I was looking for and she motioned me to =
the backyard to talk to her husband. I asked him if by chance there was =
an old teletype machine in his garage and he said----- yes do you want =
it.=20
In no time I backed the Jeep Grand Cherokee up to the door and we gently =
laid the machine on it's side and in it went. I also scored a box with  =
8 rolls of paper and to top it off 12 service manuals to boot. I thanked =
the owner and compensated him with some $$$ for helping me load it and =
to keep the good karma in check. I was on cloud nine all the way home =
and after some light cleaning with the air gun and oiling the proper =
point under the direction of my friend Bob who has the same unit it came =
to life. This unit by the way has 3 speeds=20
60, 67 and 100 and also has a second reperf. which is not hooked up at =
this time but perhaps I can find a use for it.

Thank You=20
Tom Elmore  KA1NVZ
Anchorage  Alaska

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