[GreenKeys] To keep...or not...

[DR HOUSE]

Danny,

I have the Western Union Routine Maintenance Manual which is complete  
with actual photos of the places to oil and grease in color.
Use SAE 20 motor oil and any good wheel bearing grease.  I personally  
prefer One Lube and One Grease, but to do it according to Teletype  
specs, use the former.

I can mail you the CD for $5.00 or print the whole thing for you for  
$30. both include postage.

73,
Don K9TTY



On 20 Jul 2012, at 8:08 PM, W3ZF wrote:

Been a long time "lurker" on this group but practically never offer  
any comments (let alone, advice) because I am truly a lightweight at  
mechanical RTTY.

I live in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton area of eastern PA and have  
had my 28ASR since the mid-80s. It came out of the Blue Cross offices  
where I worked when they abandon them when newer technology made  
interplan communications like this obsolete.

My 28 has sat idle (and covered) in my not-to-damp basement for the  
last 25 years - having worked fine when it fell into disuse.  I  
haven't oiled it or powered it up in all those years.

Reading the passion about running true RTTY makes me want to resurrect  
this thing and get it going again, but I truly lack confidence and  
feel incapable of knowing what the proper approach would be to prepare  
it for coming out of its long hibernation; and I don't want to screw  
anything up by starting it up in an "unprepared state".

I live by what USED TO BE the East Cost warehouse of Western Union  
right here in Allentown; hams around here used to backup their pickem- 
up-trucks right up to the loading docks where WU would nicely unload  
scrap (but probably working) units for practically nothing. Some local  
hams actually WORKED at WU and their knowledge and familiarity with  
these machine was a priceless local resource.  Those were the heady  
days of RTTY around here in the 80s.  I homemade my own TU from an  
article in QST and worked a few rolls of QSOs. IT was GREAT FUN even  
though running FULL DUTY CYCLE on my SB-102 made me very nervous! It  
was a memorable time in my amateur career.

Fast forward to 2012.

If I can't convince some kind & willing soul to spend some quality  
time with me to SHOW me what/where I need to oil, what kind of oil to  
use - and other matters of concern, then I should probably offer the  
machine to the nearest/highest bidder.  I still have a couple of boxes  
of paper and tape.  I always wanted my grandchildren to see this thing  
in operation.

So, is there anybody local to Allentown who would enjoy this  
assignment?  If not, who needs a 28ASR?

Oh, and I do run glass RTTY now and it's one of the ONLY things I do  
with my station anymore - which isn't often either.

Danny  W3ZF

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