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

[Dan Provost]

We had 28s running 24/7 at the weather service. 4 to 5 of them running constant.  Print Heads would pop off,  flyback would slam or not return at all, circuits would run open, etc but all in all they were super machines.  Love the noise they make.


> On Apr 5, 2016, at 12:41 PM, Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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