[GreenKeys] Under 40?! Call out for age...

Thu Dec 31 21:24:43 EST 2015

52 yrs old. Like many of you - no one in the family to give anything to. One of my older mentors gave a me a very nice round Emblem S line a couple years ago. I was so honored. I took the time to get everything up to par. The set is very nice, and I promised him that I would eventually pass it on to someone else. 

Recently got excited about RTTY. Got a nice interface to use my FT-950 in FSK mode. 

Recently purchased my first model 28, my wife and I drove to St. Louis to pick it up. My teletype machine is literally the very first one I have seen in my life. What a marvel it is!

A couple weeks ago, I got an ST-6000 off Ebay and it works like charm. Currently feeding it from and old laptop. I have a video of the teletype and the 6000 running - show it to everyone!

Trent
KJ4KAF
Henderson, KY

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> On Dec 31, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Virgil Bierschwale <vbiersch at gmail.com> wrote:
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> If I can ever get back to work, I'm interested in ANY model 28's in the San Antonio / Austin area, or beyond
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> Virgil
> N5IVV
> Keep America At Work
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>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Clay Archer <clay at archerservices.com> wrote:
>> Good advice for the collectors out there.    We need to get out estates in order.   I have started a photo album for my stuff with a description and value of each item.     We should designate a destination for our equipment.  Most every city has a local computer or technology museum of sorts, and there are larger well established ones across the country that would be interested in a donation.     Or at least a record and estimated value of each item so our families will have something to fight over.    I have tracked down equipment just to have someone tell me they scrapped it or threw it away because they thought it had no value.    It makes me sad when an elderly person dies and their family parks the dumpster in the driveway….
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>> From: GreenKeys [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Pete Lancashire
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 9:07 AM
>> To: greenkeys
>> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Under 40?! Call out for age...
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>> I'm the one that asked about who are the younger members of GKs
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>> I originally posted it when I was discussing with another member about  making sure teleprinter
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>> equipment survives past one dying, that discussion came about from another discussion on
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>> the model 37 that just sold on Ebay.
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>> I've been working on my estate, and want to make sure that things of value do not become
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>> E-waste, and get scrapped as such. Not only the T&M (test and measurement) stuff, but
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>> the Teletypes, specially the 37 and the three 35's which should first go to or at least be
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>> offered to museums, then to collectors. Not having anyone to pass the estate on to, the
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>> only thing important to me is what is considered collectable, goes to someone or someplace
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>> that will at least try to make sure it does not become scrap.
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>> Commercial Break: Everyone should think about this no matter what your age is. I've now
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>> had three friends die before 60, One had a heart attack at 47. He was a health nut, exercised
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>> all the time, yada, yada, yada. Back to the show ....
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>> It got me curious. So many of us got bitten by the TTY bug at an early age. Myself got to
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>> operate a model 15 at the age of 10. Had my first machine at 16, and at 20 filled a pickup
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>> truck with a dozen  "demilled" 33's, and turned that truck load into 5 working machines.
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>> -pete
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>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Mark Hall <ke5lib001 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hello all,
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>> The query posted about any Greenkeyers "under 40" made me curious...
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>> That's a real dangerous thing for me.
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>> What is the age range of Greenkeyers on here?
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>> Can we identify who our tribal elders are, and who are the "tenderfoots"?
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>> I'll go first. I'm 56, grew up around model 15's and forgot them completely
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>> when I was in high school. I rediscovered all this when I turned 54. So I am
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>> slowly returning to childhood!
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>> I'm probably the youngest Greenkeyer. That being said, if it is indeed so,
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>> would make me the "cub", and the go-fer for the rest of you guys. What
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>> better place to be, than lowliest of all, and student of all... I may not have
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>> come from your era, but I can continue the madness!
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>> OK. Any others? It can't be any more embarrassing. I waded in first!
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>> 73!
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>> Mark
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