[GreenKeys] RE: Reawaking (again) from inactivity

[wa3frp at aol.com]

Danny,

I read your post to the Greenkeys group with great interest.  You have 
a very nice Web site!

I also joined the ranks of the early retired when I was in my late 50's 
(at 57) and about six months later, in November 2004, decided to dust 
off my Model 28 ASR and get back on-the air.  Since late 2004, I've 
been able to work 191 DXCC countries using only heavy metal RTTY. Yes, 
operation on the RTTY bands with a teleprinter is possible even though 
we are at the very bottom of the eleven year sunspot cycle.

I'm using this Model 28 ASR on 15, 17, 20 30 and 40 meters RTTY almost 
every day and was lucky enough to have over 40 RTTY QSOs in October to 
places that included Burundi, Ceuta & Melilla, Malawi, Surinam, 
Liberia, Mozambique, Chatham Is., Ireland, England, Germany, France, 
Poland, Belgium, Gambia, Italy, Moldova, Sardinia, Azores, Cyprus and 
Liechtenstein.

I've also entered a number of RTTY contests but usually in S & P mode 
but occasionally finding and holding a frequency while emulating 
computer based RTTY macros with paper tape. (Yes, it is possible).

If you really haven't used your Teletype in 20 years, I'd suggest that 
you might want to download a copy of the Western Union Preventive  
Maintenance Routine (PMR) for Model 28 and Model 35 Teletype machines 
that is available on the Web at : 
http://www.rtty.com/development/literature/wubook/index.html  or by 
pointing your browser to ftp://207.207.72.32/   These documents are 
very easy to follow and can be used by folks who have not had any 
formal training in the repair and maintenance of teleprinters. I 
recently fired up a Model 28 ASR that had been idle for over 35 years, 
after using the Western Union PMR, and everything was fine with over 80 
points of range.

As background, I joined Western Union Telegraph in 1969 as a Telex 
Engineer after getting my EE degree from the University of Pennsylvania 
(W3ABT).  I stayed with Western Union until 1986 when I was a District 
Manager.  Interestingly enough, my territory included the Allentown 
Warehouse.

I'm always interested in meeting folks on the air for a real RTTY QSO 
and to occasionally transmit RTTY Art.

73 CUL  Russ WA3FRP
Ireland, England, Germany, France, Poland, Belgium, Gambia, Italy, 
Moldova, Sardinia, Azores, Cyprus and Liechtenstein.

I've also entered a number of RTTY contests but usually in S & P mode 
but occasionally finding an holing a frequency while emulating computer 
based RTTY macros with paper tape. (Yes, it is possible).

If you really haven't used your Teletype in 20 years, I'd suggest that 
you might want to download a copy of the Western Union Preventive  
Maintenance Routine (PMR) for Model 28 and Model 35 Teletype machines 
that is available on the Web at : 
http://www.rtty.com/development/literature/wubook/index.html  or by 
pointing your browser to ftp://207.207.72.32/   These documents are 
very easy to follow and can be used by folks who have not had any 
formal training in the repair and maintenance of teleprinters. I 
recently fired up a Model 28 ASR that had been idle for over 35 years, 
after using the Western Union PMR, and everything was fine with over 80 
points of range.

As background, I joined Western Union Telegraph in 1969 as a Telex 
Engineer after getting my EE degree from the University of Pennsylvania 
(W3ABT).  I stayed with Western Union until 1986 when I was a District 
Manager.  Interestingly enough, my territory included the Allentown 
Warehouse.

I'm always interested in meeting folks on the air for a real RTTY QSO 
and to occasionally transmit RTTY Art.

73 CUL  Russ WA3FRP

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