[GreenKeys] Found a Model 26!

[Radio AI2Q]

Lucky you, Doug! It reminds me of the Model 26 I had back in 1960.

Vy 73, AI2Q, Alex
http://ai2q.org/


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Alderdice" <ka2wft at arrl.net>
To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 8:32 PM
Subject: [GreenKeys] Found a Model 26!


> 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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