[GreenKeys] equipment available (forwarded from another list)

Wed Jun 6 12:09:09 EDT 2018

This is extracted from a digest post on another list, forwarded to me to
forward to all of you. Please respond to the original posters and not to
me. Enjoy! - jeff wk6i

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From: <larryslist-request at esestudios.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 11:59 PM
Subject: LarrysList Digest, Vol 42, Issue 4
To: larryslist at esestudios.com

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Message: 3

Please post for all to see that I have a bunch of mechanical Teletype gear
for the taking. It consists of a Model 28 with integrated paper tape punch
and reader, and was configured that it could send or receive on the typing
side as well as the paper tape side at the same time if it was patched that
way. It is a very nice unit, given to me by Jack Hart K0TTY years ago.

I also have a Model 15 "mailbox" machine that Jack K0TTY went through the
mechanics, adjusted cleaned and lubricated it for me.It was a former WU
machine that they donated to the national (50's and 60's) Teletypes for the
deaf. It is finished in wrinkle green.

There is a tape printing unit that was used on a test panel at a Telex CO
(or so I have been told).

I have a printing tape punch that prints the letters on the tape as it
punches it.

I have two tape readers, one of which has a bent platen, but can be easily
fixed, and one that has a 100 WPM main gear rather than the standard 60 WPM
gear so it sends gibberish to all of my machines which are 60 WPM. 60 WPM
gears are available occasionally on e-Bay or from the good folks on
Greenkeys.

Included in this showcase is a 6'4" tall 1950's era radio cabinet with a
Teletype oscilloscope (used for monitoring multiple signals embedded on one
carrier. It is a shipboard Naval unit.) There are also several Western
Electric patch bays in this cabinet, and a shelf upon which I have a ton of
screw terminal strips that I wired to the patch bays.

I also have a number of Teletype odds and ends like an extra motor, Model
15 keyboard, a Naval Teletype modulation indicator, etc and etc.
Unfortunately while I was recovering from surgery, my kitty got into the
teletype room and one by one removed all of the WECO cloth covered USN
patch cords and gave them to the dog, who played hard with them. I tossed
them (the patch cords, not the animals) as they were useless.

All of this gear can by yours for the picking it up. All I ask are two
things, first that you don't scrap it, even when you are done with it, and
that second, when you are done with it, you pass it along to another TTY
collector or HAM that will use it and not scrap it.

I also have to say that there is no cherry picking. Lots of folks want the
28, but not the other stuff. If you can't move the radio cabinet I
understand, and will give you the oscilloscope and have the cabinet
scrapped, but would rather see it used. I collected this stuff over the
years, had a great deal of fun with it, and now due to health reasons, I
can no longer really do much with it. I cannot horse around big machines
any more, and I am planning to move to Maryland this winter. If you want
it, e-mail me directly at <joe.herdler at yahoo.com> . My son and nephew move
it outside for you on the day that you want to pick it up, so that you
don't have to horse it out of my house. Bring a truck or a SUV with a
trailer... you will need it. I live up in the Liberty/Kearney area.

Teletypes are the *real* way to enjoy RTTY! :-)

One last thing; There is a ground mounted Hustler 4BTV that is free for the
taking as well. It is separate from the Teletype stuff and if you want it,
come and take it. I am just trying to get rid of stuff.

Thank you all,

Joe Herdler, KB0TXC
joe.herdler at yahoo.com

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Message: 5

Here is an example of the Model 28 Teletype that he is talking about:

<http://purplesage.biz/Images/Model28.jpg>

For may years, this was the standard model used by law enforcement
agencies, until replaced by the Dataspeed 40 Teletype, which had a black
and white video console.  (Much easier and faster to use.)  All the
teletype equipment was eventually replaced by computers.

Western Union, the company which serviced most of the network these machine
were on, no longer exists as a communications company, and now works only
with the transfer of money.  Driving across the American West along
Interstate 80, one can often see the old, brick re-gen stations which are
now re-purposed, or abandoned.  (A farmer I worked for when I was a kid had
one of these in the middle of his corn field!)  I observed one re-gen
station west of Evanston, Wyoming on the south side of the highway which
was abandoned, with the doors hanging from the hinges, and the windows
broken out.  :-(

I have two stories on my old Cop Pages which include some information on
the Model 28 Teletype.  They are:

?The New Job?: <http://purplesage.biz/LawEnf/NewJob.htm>

?Radio Skip?: <http://purplesage.biz/PurpleSage/LawEnf/RadioSkip.htm>

Enjoy!

Randy Schulze, KD?HKD
Kansas City, Missouri
rschulze at everestkc.net

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I suspect that many know that Randy Schulze, KD0HKD, has had an interesting
career and is able to write about it with a most attractive writing style.
I recommend that you investigate the balance of his <http://purplesage.biz>
web site and read more about the adventures of KD0HKD, one of the area?s
most involved hams.

Larry, W0AIB

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Message: 6

Larry, when I worked for UPI, were located at 11th & Central and had a
large room for reporters, teletype operators and teletype machines. I had a
separate room for an office and darkroom. Thank goodness for the door, as
there were at least 20 very noisy RTTY machines that ran 24 hours a day.
Many were the old Model 15?s and some were Model 28?s. For me I only had to
put up with a quit Telephoto machine to send my photos anywhere in the
world using a leased phone line. I also had a portable 50LB Telephoto
machine that I could use any phone to send photos and did use it many times
on big stories and also at Chiefs and Royals games, as I had a darkroom at
both stadiums.

The one moment I remember well concerning the machines was the day JFK was
shot. All machine stopped at the same time and some one yelled "something
big is coming in?.  I went out into the news room and stood and read word
by as the bulletin about JFK in Dallas was typed out.

As a ham I got hooked on RTTY in the 1970?s and started with a 15 and
eventually a 28.

Nothing like having the noise of the machine while talking around the world
with it.

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Larry add this link to my previous RTTY message. The photos show a corner
of the KC UPI Office. Margaret Richards, UPI reporter, background at left,
was famous for covering the Union Station Massacre in 1933, when she was a
?cub reporter?. She got blood on her shoes when she got close to the car to
look in, ruining them, and UPI would not pay for a new pair. when she
finally retired, the UPI big honchos came from NY and presented her with a
new pair of shoes. A little late but a good joke.

The last two photos at this link show teletypes in KC and Austin UPI:

<https://fotobooth.smugmug.com/MonaghenFamilyPhotos/Dale-Mon
aghen-Photos/i-RHjXXtL>

If you are not aware of this event, go to this link:

<https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/kansas-city-massac
re-pretty-boy-floyd>

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Dale Monaghen, W0HSK
robokamra at icloud.com

-- 
Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.jeff at gmail.com
Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/
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RTTY op at W7RN
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