[GreenKeys] equipment available (forwarded from another list)

Wed Jun 6 13:22:23 EDT 2018

Thanks again to everybody trying to help Preserve this heritage.

I will soon also have such a list and ask not much more.

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018, 9:09 AM Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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
>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> 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
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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.
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> 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-Monaghen-Photos/i-RHjXXtL
> >
>
> If you are not aware of this event, go to this link:
>
> <
> https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/kansas-city-massacre-pretty-boy-floyd
> >
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Dale Monaghen, W0HSK
> robokamra at icloud.com
>
>
>
>
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