[GreenKeys] New to the list

[Teletypeparts]

Bill,

Welcome to Greenkeys!  As you already have found out, you can probably get set up with tty here if you are patient enuf.  I mostly have 32 and 33 stuff, but a lot of guys have 15's and 28's.  

Need that location for best results.  

73's

Wayne
KB1FDW





-----Original Message-----
From: Bill <bill at blcain.com>
To: GreenKeys <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun, Dec 19, 2010 10:28 pm
Subject: [GreenKeys] New to the list


Hello,
 served in the US Navy for 23 years and for about 18 of those years I 
as a teletype and KLB47 repairman. I got out in 1969 in Virginia and 
ent to work for a company that contracted to the CIA for tty overhaul 
nd repair.
n 1974 I returned to the Navy and resumed my labor of love of tty 
epair and communications. There was a time that I could take a box of 
arts and build a printer. It took  a few days but doable.
 retired in 1987 as Chief Radioman.
y first duty station was on the USS Samual N. Moore (DD-747). I 
emember the day we turned on the crypto equipment, geared the ttys for 
00wpm and stood back and watched as the printers ran for awhile and 
hen started spitting parts. It was not long before all of them had to 
et an overhaul with updated parts that would let them run at 100wpm. 
fter that, they seemed to just hum along.
 did like the 60 - or 66wpm (can't remember) unincrypted signal. Seemed 
f you concentrated real hard, you could almost read the signal, just 
ike morse code.
ot long after I retired - 5 years - give or take, it seemed like all 
he ttys were replaced with computers. Really not sure where they all went.
 One ship I was on, the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) did a lot of "drop" 
ests of various computer terminals just to see what they could take in 
 war time environment. Sometimes it was real messy.
 have never lost my love for the 28. It was something I could almost 
old in my lap while I cleaned and adjusted it to almost perfection.
hile contracted to the CIA, we discovered that if you mix about 50% STP 
ith teletype oil, dipped the printer in it (before you install the 
lectronics and type box!)  then let it hang and "drip dry" overnight 
nd wiped it down, you could hardly hear it run. And it seemed to last a 
ittle longer between service calls.
 still have my manuals for the 28 and most of the tools I collected 
hile in the Navy. The only thing I am missing is a KSR or ASR or even 
n RO. I have not been able to find anywhere on the internet that I can 
ay my hands on one. I would truly love to be able to get a printer or 
ystem just to get back to the "old days".
ut then there is the problem of parts. Where do you folks get the parts 
o repair your systems?
nyway, this is a very informative list.
ill Cain
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