[GreenKeys] Model 15

[Dave Hunter]

Hi Keelan:

That pretty well describes the feeling...

My search for another Model 15 has lasted a good two years, 
and sadly, as fas as I can tell, there are no more left on 
the Island, in collections ot Ham hands. The same appears 
to be true of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, as I have had 
people on the lookout in both provinces, and ads in all 
three provinces on Buy, Sell, and Trade...

So, when Bruce Rosen emailed me from Boston, and offered me 
the machine I was ecstatic. Sadly, at first, it looked as 
though I was going to have to turn it down... until I came 
up with the idea of advertising my need to have an item 
brought from Boston to PEI. Now, my main site is a 
genealogy site, and many in the Boston area (in fact all of 
New England) were descended from Islanders, so chances were 
pretty good of finding someone from the area that was 
planning a vacation here.

Before the night was up, I had ten offers from site users 
to bring it! Paul MacKinnon was the closest to Bruce, and 
was leaving at the best time, so he became IT! He arrived 
on the Island last night, and is supposed to call me this 
morning and make arrangements to drop by with it this 
afternoon.

I  spent last night printing out a full copy of a number of 
Model 15 teletype documents, plus the full army TM11-2215 
manual (all 9 files) on the TT-5/FG and TT-6/FG machines, 
and this morning, will place them in binders. 

About two weeks ago, I located a replacement blank key for 
the missing one on the machine, and thankfully that is here 
now, so with luck, and assuming the machine suffered no 
damage on its trip here, I should have it operating 
tonight. It was apparently working well before leaving, 
other than a pesky spacing problem, so it shouldn't be too 
bad a job. Then comes the usual cleaning, etc., sort of 
putting the cart behind the horse, but I do want to see any 
problems it may have before I get my hands into it. 
Thankfully, Bruce lubed it up, though I don't know how 
thoroughly.

Just like a kid on Christmas Eve!

Dave 

On 6 Aug 2011 at 21:43, Keelan Lightfoot wrote:

> Dave,
> 
> You sound like a kid on Christmas eve! I completely
> understand.
> 
> May your teletype arrive in one piece, stinkin' of old oil.
> 
> - Keelan
> 
> On 2011-08-06, at 6:49 PM, Dave Hunter wrote:
> 
> > Hi All:
> > 
> > This is a re-post of a message I sent earlier, and because
> > of its tital, I think it might have gotten caught up in an
> > errant internet content filter (was: Anticipation...)
> > 
> > Here I am, not so patiently awaiting the arrival of a
> > Model 15 (actually a Signal Corps TT-5 FG)...
> > 
> > It was from a gentleman in Boston, and I was able to
> > arrange to have it brought here by a web site user who
> > lives in Boston, and was visiting the Island.  
> > 
> > I will have it here some time tomorrow afternoon. I can't
> > wait. Here is a photo taken by its former owner:
> > 
> > http://www.islandregister.com/phones/teletype/model15a.jpg
> > 
> > It is missing one keytop, which has been found thanks to a
> > member of the list, and which actually arrived earlier in
> > the week ahead of the actual machine. 
> > 
> > I will let you know how it works after I have a chance to
> > check it out. I had been looking for a Model 15 for a
> > couple of years now - back in the mid-80's, I had one
> > which I used on radioteletype, but before the museum was
> > even a dream, I gave it away, and have regretted it ever
> > since.  
> > 
> > At the same time, I loaned a Leigh KSR-33 to a friend.
> > Last year, he reminded me that I had done so, and I got it
> > back, after he had stored it in his leaky barn for 20
> > years. It was in bad shape, but I managed to refurbish it,
> > and it has been on display for the better part of a year
> > now, in a working demo..
> > 
> > So I hope that I will have the same luck with the Model
> > 15!
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> 
> 



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