[GreenKeys] T-63 Teleprinter -DDR

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

Thanks  for the added details Duncan!  can't  wait to see  it  all together!
Ok  it  was shipped in a wood  box. That  was  why  it  traveled as  well 
as it  did.
Keep us  posted!  What a neat  cold war  communications  artifact!
Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  
 
 In a message dated 10/10/2015 6:57:05 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
duncanancy at earthlink.net writes:
 
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_ (mailto: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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