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

[Paul Heller]

I have heard as well that they ran 24/7. George H, W7TTY, told me stories of clutches running red hot. Amazing machines. As for wear, being a teletype service tech was a great career for several of our fellow greenkeyers!

Paul
W2TTY

> On Apr 5, 2016, at 5:47 PM, Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> 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# www.smecc.org
>  
> 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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