[GreenKeys] A few things, questions and comments

[Mike]

Very impressive restoration Andy.Kudos...!Mike
-------- Original message --------From: Andy KN4UCL <kn4ucl at gmail.com> Date: 11/29/22  12:08 AM  (GMT-07:00) To: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> Cc: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] A few things, questions and comments Hey Eugene.. yeah mine is a splendid metallic green/blue... rather futuristic (if you ignore the fact that my "restoration" thus far has been a pig's breakfast 😀)Here are some photos:  https://sites.google.com/view/28asrI got mine from Steve (N4TTY) 3-4 years ago... which reminds me I need to get busy!cheers!On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 8:40 PM W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:







Andy, I wouldn’t say it is blue. I would say it is more dark gray with some green tint.  I don’t recall its history but it came from Jack Hart and I could probably look up some old emails from him when I first acquired it. What color is
 yours?
 
 
73 Eugene W2HX
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From: Andy KN4UCL <kn4ucl at gmail.com> 
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2022 8:21 PM
To: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com>
Cc: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] A few things, questions and comments

 


Wait ... you've got a metallic blue 28 as well? 
😎


Any info about the origins of this delightful color?  Was it sold to trend-setting offices?


 


cheers!  Andy

 

 


On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 7:36 PM W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:





First, anyone recognize this piece of metal? It was inside my 28ASR and is painted the right color. But I can’t figure out where it came from or where it goes?
 
https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_181413.jpg
https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_181419.jpg
 
Second, I can definitely recommend every few years to open up the bottom of your 28ASR and see what you stored in there and long forgot about! I opened mine up today after about
 10 years and found somethings I thought I had lost long ago. Including the reel from a motorized paper tape take up unit. I thought it was long lost from a time when I rented the machine to a TV production. I

 
https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_192622.jpg
 
Next thing I found was this wooden switch thingy I made probably 13 years ago to switch the transmitter from receive to transmit and also put the ST-6 into STANDBY mode to keep
 current flowing regardless of any audio input it might receive. That will get reinstalled until I can do something nicer.
 
https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_192914.jpg
 
Third, I noticed there is a slot in the rear of both my ASR and KSR that appears to be for paper?

 
https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_193125.jpg
https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_193150.jpg
https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_193202.jpg
 
What is this used for? Is it used for paper to leave the machine or enter it? Anyone ever make use of this arrangement?
 
73 Eugene W2HX
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