[GreenKeys] A few things, questions and comments

[Andy KN4UCL]

 due to my unbridled enthusiasm I applied power a while back and although
it ran in "open" ... after a short while some wires <COUGH> melted... so we
have a bit of work still to do!

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 2:52 AM Mike <mmcauley at cox.net> wrote:

> Very impressive restoration Andy.
> Kudos...!
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> Mike
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> -------- 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/28asr
>
> I 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?
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>> 73 Eugene W2HX
>> Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos
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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
>>
>>
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>> 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?
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>> cheers!  Andy
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>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 7:36 PM W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:
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>> 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?
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>> https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_181413.jpg
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>> https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_181419.jpg
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>> 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
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>> https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_192622.jpg
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>> 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.
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>> https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_192914.jpg
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>> Third, I noticed there is a slot in the rear of both my ASR and KSR that
>> appears to be for paper?
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>> https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_193125.jpg
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>> https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_193150.jpg
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>> https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221128_193202.jpg
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>> What is this used for? Is it used for paper to leave the machine or enter
>> it? Anyone ever make use of this arrangement?
>>
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>>
>> 73 Eugene W2HX
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>>
>>
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