[GreenKeys] telegraph punch tape sender
Wayne Letourneau
letourneau at wiktel.com
Mon Jan 10 09:24:05 EST 2005
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] telegraph punch tape sender
K0SVJ's license expired 351 days ago and he lives in Florida now. Have an address but no phone number.
WB0CTE
--- On Mon 01/10, Sam Hallas < s.hallas at ntlworld.com > wrote:
From: Sam Hallas [mailto: s.hallas at ntlworld.com]
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:42:59 +0000
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] telegraph punch tape sender
John Martin wrote:
> The Unit is a "Code Practice machine", it is a hand crank to that is
> connected to a main spring. There is a small governor inside that
> controls the play back speed. Is not TTY equipment, but used in the
> early days to practice morse code.
It looks home-made, John. Do you think the wind-up me! chanism is possibly
from an old 78 rpm gramophone?
I see that K0SVJ, is listed as a David T. McKenzie, member of the Old,
Old Timers club. Maybe he's still alive and you could ask him?
Cheers,
Sam, G8EXV
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