[GreenKeys] ITTY Demo at Swap Meet

[Paul Heller]

That is so awesome! I’m looking forward to when I can do something similar around here. Thanks for sharing this with us, John. 

Paul
W2TTY

> On Jun 8, 2021, at 5:28 PM, John <John at tubetestingpros.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>  Greetings Greenkeys!
> 
> Last Saturday, 5th June, was a resumption of the annual N7RCA Ham Swap in Gardnerville south of Carson City here in Nevada. It is held on my friend's 6-acre ranch, so folks can get there early and stay late, private property, no rules - just park your vehicle and sell Stuff.
> 
> This year there were over 50 sellers, and many many buyers wandering around in the High Desert clean air.
> 
>   www n7rca.com
> 
> This time I brought 2 model 15s, a Dovetron, and a tablet. I set them up the night before. One Mod 15 had it's cover on, and was meant to print continuously; the other 15 had the cover off so folks could peer into the awesomeness of 75-year-old machinery doing its thing.  I operated the coverless one 'on demand', because of the safety hazard...
> 
> 
> I set up the tablet to stream ITTY into the Dovetron, and built a small relay keyer to operate off the (Tempest) Dovetron's 6V output. Then that keyed the loop.
> 
> I told folks that a 2-year old tablet was streaming audio into a 1978 Dovetron which was keying a 1941 teletype - that's right: it's 80 years old this year!
> 
> The machine ran for more than 6 hours, starting at about 6:30 AM - never dropped a character or missed a CR, and produced festoons of paper behind it, all the while making "that sound".  It was immediately attractive, and gathered a lot of attention during the Meet.  I made up a couple of info sheets as to how this was all working, and I gave ITTY's address, as well as info for Greenkeys.
> 
> My hoard of tty gear is there in a storage unit at my friend's, and I gave away two more Model 15s and a 14TD to folks who saw the demo and wanted to do "deedle deedle clack-clack-clack" for themselves.
> 
> The photos are of the set-up, just inside the door of a utility building (next to my tables) and a closeup of ITTY printing perfectly after 5 solid hours.
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> 
> Perhaps this will generate more interest in the TTY Hobby.  A SW radio station was there, live-streaming interviews, and they did a few minutes on the old Teletypes chunking away.
> 
> A Good Time was had by all - and yes, I did sell a good bunch of gear.  Not everything I brought though.  Gonna have to have words with the Marketing / Sales dept...
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> 
> Cheerz
> 
> John KB6SCO
> 
> Carson City
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> <N7RCA Swap ITTY Demo 1.jpg>
> <N7RCA Swap ITTY demo 2.jpg>
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