[GreenKeys] M28 Compact on EPAY...

[Nick England]

I looked again and that eBay machine is a skintight RO, not a compact. I
apologize. Cellphone is not the best way to look at web pages!
Cheers
Nick


On Thursday, November 3, 2016, Kenneth Gartland <trnsrme at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> Was looking at this item this morning, and was wondering
> if all the 28 compacts used this case/cover style...
>
> I seem to remember the units used on the Reuters "Ultronic"
> news service as being more rectangular with a more
> "Square-ish" appearance...Is it possible there were other
> covers, i.e. early/late design?
>
> These units were used for a few years by Reuters up here in
> Canada, and were later replaced by Extel RO's...
>
> The 28 compact RO's used, were very stripped down with
> no associated LESU...
>
> They had no line relay, were operated on local loops
> in city @ 130V +/- 130VDC 60 ma neutral...
>
> I was the only TTY maintainer in the shop that worked on
> these units...They ran very hot, and to further complicate
> matters, Reuters installed a skin tight sound cover over the
> entire machine...
>
> I would average at least one main shaft seizure a week with
> these units...
>
> As anyone who has worked on these units will attest,
> the typing units are not the same, and cannot be swapped
> out for a standard 28LP due to main shaft differences...
>
> Back to the cover issue, perhaps our good friend Nick can
> comment, as I believe he has several of these M28 compacts...
>
> Cheers & thanks!
>
> Ken
>
> VE3-HMQ
> i-Telex 61663
>


-- 
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com
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