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Thanks  for the  paper sources Russ!
 
What an impressive station and   contest  record!
 
do  any stash of the yellow paper ever turn up!?
 
The  regular  color is ok  for  some things... but some  of the wire 
service messages in  the AP/UPI  display  would  be  nice on special days on the 
yellow!
 
Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) 
 

 
 
In a message dated 1/28/2012 2:35:19 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
wa3frp at aol.com writes:

Hi Ed, 
 
I have three Model 28 machines, two ASR and a KSR that I use almost daily  
on HF radio in the Amateur Radio Service.
 
The first ASR is geared at 45.45 baud for regular ham radio - this is my  
workhorse machine.
 
The second ASR is geared at 50 baud and came to me from Western  Union 
Telex service. I use this TTY to copy the weather traffic from the  northern 
German station, DDK9, at 10100.8 kHz.  This station is running a  450 Hz shift 
and is running in reverse with unshift on space disabled.   

The third Model 28 was originally obtained via NCARTS, an original  "mouse" 
machine from 1970.  This has been modified with a three speed  gearshift 
and is used for occasional 74.2 baud Amateur Radio  service. Yes, it does 
happen as there is a 100 WPM contest run by BARTG,  the British Teletype Group 
and very occasionally a DX RTTY contact.  My  last 100 WPM RTTY contact 
outside of a contest was back in the spring when I  was able to work Alain TR8CA 
in Gabon in west Africa on 10M. 
 
Just to let you know the number of Amateur Radio stations on the air,  I've 
worked 259 countries in total and over 100 countries on 10M, 12M,  15M, 
17M, 20M, 30M and 40M, all since 2004. Awards are still isued by a number  of 
the national RTTY organizations and you can see my list of RTTY awards at  
_http://www.qrz.com/db/WA3FRP_ (http://www.qrz.com/db/WA3FRP) 
 
At present, I am also using MMTTY for contests as it is difficult to  
handle the exchanges vai keyboard or paper tape over an entire contest  weekend. 
And, logging a couple of hundred contest contacts takes a lot of time  
post-contest.
 
I haven't had problem with characters piling up at the right hand  margin 
in my contacts with others using electronics since I've added  auto carriage 
return and line feed plus non-overline to each of my machines.  This is via 
standard mod kits for the Model 28s.
 
I have used a number of sources for paper in the past but not the  original 
yellow paper.  Most recently, I have been used recycled paper  which is 
off-white.  Looking around, you will find a number of  sources for white or 
off-white paper including:
 
_http://www.discountofficeitems.com/technology/office-machines-electronics/o
ffice-machine-accessories/calculator-register-rolls/perfection-teletype-roll
s/p22427.html_ 
(http://www.discountofficeitems.com/technology/office-machines-electronics/office-machine-accessories/calculator-register-rolls/perfectio
n-teletype-rolls/p22427.html)     $4.20 a roll for 36 rolls and occasional 
added discounts.  There is a  special this weekend.
 
_http://www.adorablesupply.com/items/~teletype-paper-rolls~/list.htm_ 
(http://www.adorablesupply.com/items/~teletype-paper-rolls~/list.htm)   where you 
can get twelve rolls for $51.08 ( $4.26 a roll)
 
and 
 
_http://www.bizrate.com/paper/teletype/_ 
(http://www.bizrate.com/paper/teletype/)   which gives a nice list of multiple sources on a single page
 
I wish that more hams were using teleprinters but even John GW4SKA in  
Wales has ditched his Creeds.   Oh well!
 
73 es DX
Russ WA3FRP



 
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