[GreenKeys] I am back (like a bad dream)

[Joe Herdler]

Hello everyone;
I have been absent from this list for the last three years or so. My wife and I have been quite busy with taking care of our grandkids, so many things had to be put aside, including playing with Teletypes. Now the oldest kid is on his own, the middle one is in high school, and the youngest is in junior high, I have a bit more time for things. 
I have divested myself of all of my Gamma Ray spectroscopy equipment (my "other" great hobby), so now it is going to be strictly Teletype collecting and use. I as of now, have a beautiful M28 KTR (thank you Jack!); a model 15 "mail box" western union machine; and a tape printing unit that was used on a TTY circuit test board back in the 50s. (I do not know much about that unit.) Also have a lot of little things, Naval switch boxes for classified / general along with red and white lamps, a Teletype corporation Naval oscilloscope that I need to have looked at by a tube guy; a tape winder and a tape reader TD of unknown heritage.
I will be looking for a re-perforator, then a mechanical foxbox.
I hope to set up a faux TTY station using a modem so that other TTY people can dial in chat over the modern phone lines. That might have to be through the internet, though. I am not sure yet how to pull that off.
I am anxious to get back into the Teletype community, reconnect with everyone, and I promise to try not to be a pest on the board by asking too many questions.

Best,
Joe Herdler 




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