[GreenKeys] Newbie to the group

[Lee Spenadel]

Bill,

Ma who?  I use SIP trunks!  No local loops in my house.

Lee
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From: Bill [bill at blcain.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:05 PM
To: Lee Spenadel
Cc: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Newbie to the group

Hi and welcome to the list.
Sounds like you are a mini "Ma Bell"!
Too bad you have to depend on "the real" Ma Bell to maintain outside
phone communications.
Nice bio.

Bill Cain

On 7/26/2011 9:45 AM, Lee Spenadel wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm new to the group and wanted to introduce myself.  My name is lee and
>I'm
> an avid telephone switching gear collector.  I assemble mostly mechanical
> switching systems from the Bell System/Western Electric and restore them
>to
> working order. I have a home built Step-by-Step switch (my Frankenswitch)
> which is comprised of 30 stations, three talk paths, six trunks, one coin
> trunk (to support my 20+ 3-slot payphones) and other assorted
>telephones.  I
> also have an ITEC electronic SxS switch, an old British mechanical PAX
>and
> everything is tied together through my open source Asterisk Tandem PBX.
> Unified dialing plan and it's all open to the PSTN.  I have three T1
>channel
> banks connected to Asterisk which allows me to trunk everything
>together, as
> well as break out analog dial tone.
>
> As you can see, I have a deep love for the telecom space as this is how I
> grew up. My generous friend Larry offered me a Model 28 ASR but I feel
>that
> it's too big for me to lug into my basement.  I have become enamored with
> Teletype after seeing his restored machines.  I am looking to start out
>with
> a functioning Model 28 RO or KSR that I would interface to Heavy Metal.
>My
> preference is something DC based and not carrier at this point.  ASCII or
> Baudot is fine as it seems that Heavy Metal can handle either (please
> correct me if I'm mistaken).  At some point I'd love to try and pull an
> extension off of my Asterisk PBX and do a speech to text conversion and
>send
> it to the Model 28.
>
> My question is this.  Does anyone have a working Model 28 RO or KSR that
> they are looking to sell?  I'm looking to get my hands dirty on a
>relatively
> small unit at first and see how the Teletype sickness progresses with me.
>
> Many thanks
> Lee
>