[GreenKeys] Found a Model 26!

[Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via GreenKeys]

nice  find! Doug!
 
You have the  same  issue as I  do though we both need   to find  the 
matching tables...
I  do not plan on shipping a  table so if  I hear of   one in  your  area 
will let  you  know.
The  table   is useful  as it  hold   the  roll of  paper as the carriage 
goes back and forth!
 
This is in extremely nice  shape!
 
ed sharpe archivist for smecc    _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/17/2015 6:32:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
ka2wft at arrl.net writes:

Greetings all,

I thought I would share with the group my  latest find, a Model 26 
Teletype, a model that I previously did not  have.  It turned up at our 
radio club's swapfest auction last  night.  It was in one of the last 
lots to be sold so folks were tired  and wanted to leave and there was 
zero interest in the machine other than  me.  There was no reserve on it 
so I got to take it home for the  princely sum of one whole dollar.

It's in beautiful condition.   The outside case just has surface dust & 
dirt and the inside is very  clean.  The only thing to complain about is, 
in typical ham fashion,  the previous owner put in his own wiring for the 
power switch, and re-did  the wiring for the break key and keyboard 
distributor so that nothing  matches a Bell System schematic on the 
terminal blocks.  Oh, and the  wiring to the power switch is 22- or 
24-guage wire ... :/

I  bypassed the power wiring in the base and plugged the motor directly 
into  an extension cord and figured out where the keyboard and selector 
magnets  were and dropped it into the local loop in the house and we were  
off.  I ran an RY tape from my 28ASR and the 26 printed  flawlessly.

I put ITTY on the loop and it hung right in there.   The only issue is 
the carriage return is a little slow.  The machine  needs a decent lube 
job so I didn't run it too long.

What's further  interesting about the machine is the ID plates on the 
cover, base and  typing unit are all Postal Telegraph.

I'm attaching two photos of the  machine, one of the complete unit and 
one of the ID plate on the  base.

There's still neat stuff out there!

73,

Doug,  KA2WFT


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