[GreenKeys] Howdy & Kleinschmidt TT-4

[Duncan M. Brown]

Steve,

Welcome to Greenkeys!!

I volunteer at the AWA Museum and we have a working TT-4.  I was US Army
trained TTY repairman in the late 1960's and spent my year in Viet Nam
keeping TT-4s, TT-98s & TT-76s working. 

The TT-4 is in the Museum and I am presently at my summer camp, so I don't
have access to the machine or documentation.  But as I remember, if you
push the manual carriage return button, it releases the carriage and you
can easily move the carriage back & forth (but the spring will try to
return it).

If you don't have manuals, they are available on the internet: TM
11-5815-206-12 & -35.

Have fun,

Duncan Brown, K2OEQ
USASA  31J

Chief TTY operator & repairman
AWA Electronic Communication Museum
http://www.antiquewireless.org/






> [Original Message]
> From: Steve <zarco at sonic.net>
> To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: 17-Sep-09 21:41:51
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Howdy & Kleinschmidt TT-4
>
> Howdy folks. I'm new to the list but not RTTY. Back in the mid
> to late 1960's I had quite a setup including a model 15, homebrew
> converter, and BC-779 receiver. Even bought an FGC-5 one piece
> at a time from Fair Radio. Wish I had kept THAT! Had most
> fun intercepting API and UP news, but ran Gonset equipment
> on 6 meters AM too locally.
>
> Now I'm semi-retired and getting back into ham radio and RTTY.
> Just picked up a Kleinschmidt TT-4 printer that has been in
> storage for decades. Nice condition but its been fighting me
> every step of the way (gunk, misadjusted, etc). I'm stuck with
> the carriage....won't feed or return no matter what I do.
>
> If anyone is still using one of these I'd like to get an idea of the
> amount of resistance needed to move the carriage.
>
> Also have a MITE waiting to be resurrected. 
>
>                            Steve W6SSP
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