[GreenKeys] T-63 Teleprinter -DDR

[Duncan Brown]

Ed & Pete,

I don't know all the transit details. My friend Roy, W2IT, who collects 
Soviet radios and does a lot of buying & selling on ebay, took care of 
the ebay & shipping details and it was delivered to his house by UPS.  I 
don't know how it started its trip. According to the original Ebay page, 
the T-63 was in Holíč, Slovakia (eastern half of the former 
Czechoslovakia). The transit document that we got shows the first 
location as Brno, Czech Republic, which is about 30 mi from Holíč, Slovakia.
The $259 shipping cost was quoted in the Ebay listing as "Economy 
Shipping from outside US" and that is what we paid. Shipping weight was 
58 Kg.

I did not see how the unit was packed, but was told it was not "crated" 
but packed in a plywood box with a lot of styrofoam. The wooden cabinet 
arrived in pieces (some glued joints had come apart), but that may have 
been its condition before it was shipped, as there are a couple of 
screws holding the cover together that do not look original.  We should 
have asked for more pictures before we bought it! The assistant director 
of the AWA Museum is a good carpenter and he has repaired the cabinet.

Yes, we will be donating the unit to the AWA Museum so that it can be 
seen by the public. I don't have much of a colllection of my own.  I 
just bring radios & TTYs home from the Museum temporarily to repair and 
"test" them.

The unit has a 220VAC, governed motor, so the 50 vs 60 hz is not a 
problem (this is apparently typical of these units). Some specs I have 
seen imply that it will also run on 110VDC. Seems like if it would work 
on both 110V DC & 220VAC, that it should work on 120VAC?? (don't see any 
jumpers, or switch to change voltage). or would be simple to make a 
110VDC supply with a bridge rectifier. (But  then could not use the loop 
supply in the Telex box.)

The T-63 is modern-looking, compared to a M15. It has a cast aluminum 
chassis, plastic terminal strips and two PCBs in the base. No active 
components on the the PCBs, just used for power & signal connection 
points and filters.

Duncan
K2OEQ


On 09-Oct-15 21:17, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
> Duncan! I  agree... it is  totally  cool  with the multi alphas..  and 
> the shipping considering welght/ distance traveled  not  bad!  was it 
> crated?
> Heh   one time  we  paid  4  grand in shipping  for  some stuff  for 
> Ohio.... but.... the stuff was  so  cheap  and the movers did ALL  
> the  work  and everything was blanket wrapped and hand delivered  in 
> front of me at my feet...... correct...you have to evaluate it as   
> the  cost  of the item being  an aggregate of the purchase and the 
> shipping... and ... if it makes  sense? go  for it!
> Are  you  guys  gonna lend it to the AWA  tty  display?
> did  it have the 50  hz  motor?  how are  you dealing  with the speed 
> issue?
> Ed#
>



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