[GreenKeys] how did the ap and upi teletypes motor on and off? i do not s...

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Ok out I  regular  use  in other instances     how many other  users  let 
them  run   all the   time?
one  would think the  wear  would  be a   problem......   Ed# 
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In a message dated 4/5/2016 7:12:12 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
jhhaynes at earthlink.net writes:


On  Tue, 5 Apr 2016, Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via GreenKeys  wrote:

> how did the  ap and upi  teletypes motor on  and  off?  i do not see 
extra 
> stuff to so   this?
>  
To my limited knowledge they ran 24/7.  One ex-AP  machine I refurbished
had a very minimalist base; didn't even have the AC  outlet that was normal
on Model 15 bases.  I guess AP would order the  bases made just for them,
leaving out any provision for options that they  knew they would not be
using.

However this particular machine came  with a homemade table and there
was an instruction card pasted to the table  about setting a timer.  The
same kind of timer people use in houses to  turn a lamp on and off
to make the house look occupied.  So I guess  the user, a radio station,
had decided there was no news worth receiving  during certain hours.
I don't know if the timer was the station manager's  idea or if it was
recommended by  AP.
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