[GreenKeys] ROTR lever?

[Nick England]

Haven’t looked at a full chad regular M28 ROTR, but the mini-ROTR uses the
motor to suck chad into a cloth bag. Probably the full chad regular ROTR
has something similar.

On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 9:30 PM W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:

> Wow. You really did figure it out! Impressive. I can’t imagine how many
> pdfs you had to go through to figure it out. My reperf does have a vertical
> lever that feeds out tape. I seem to be missing a guide and a linkage
> between the external lever and the internal lever. At least now I know what
> its intended purpose was, whether or not I can find the parts to complete
> it! Right now I am waiting for the arrival of a new reperf from Mr,. RTTY.
> This one will be a full chad reperf. I’ve always wanted a full chad tape
> unit. Afterall, how can I make Christmas tree decorations with a hanging
> chad reperf!  So I’ll have to see if the one from Paul has that feedout
> lever or not.
>
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>
> I will have to figure out a chad box but I’ll wait to see what the whole
> thing looks like and what space I will (or wont) have under the reperf in
> the rotr enclosure. Probably not much space at all.
>
> Thank you, Nick!
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> 73 Eugene W2HX
> Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos
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> *From:* greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net <
> greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On Behalf Of *Nick England
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 5, 2023 1:34 PM
> *To:* John W9DDD <w9ddd at tapr.org>
> *Cc:* Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [GreenKeys] ROTR lever?
>
>
>
> AHA! EUREKA! ETC.
>
> This handle and arm are part of modification kit 174457 (maybe see 5889S
> which I don't have).
>
> 50151S alludes to this -
>
> "The 195271 Modification Kit provides a replacement tape guide for the
> 159953 Tape Guide on LRC200 Covers when the 174457 Modification Kit is not
> desired. (The 174457 Modification Kit provides facilities for external
> manual tape feed-out for self-contained Model 28 Typing Reperforators and
> includes a replacement tape guide)."
>
>
>
> So there are three tape guides for the ROTR cabinet.
>
> 159953 - original - no handle
>
> 177404 - used with the 177405 handle via 177457 modification (like
> Eugene's photo)
>
> 195181 - replaces 159953 - looks like 177404, but mounts with adhesive
>
>
>
> EUREKA! After following these clues I eventually found the 573-118-700
> adjustment procedure (page 133 of issue 8) that shows this handle and arm -
> it evidently bears against the manual LTRS feed-out lever inside the
> cabinet. If your reperf doesn't have that internal manual feed-out lever
> modification, there's nothing for the external handle to actuate and you
> will be properly mystified as to what the heck it does.
>
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>
> references
>
> https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/tty/jc/50151S-1SS1-6311.pdf
>
> https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/tty/1167B-ch7.pdf
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> https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/tty/573-135-800-7008.pdf
>
> https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/tty/573-118-700TC-iss8-7211.pdf
>
>
>
> Golly, following Teletype trivia down ratholes provides endless
> entertainment,
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
>
>
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>
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 8:34 PM John W9DDD <w9ddd at tapr.org> wrote:
>
>  It is shown in the parts section, but not shown in some pictures.
> Section 573-135-800 is the only place see a reference to those parts. I
> haven't checked Navy manuals, sometimes they show stuff not in the Teletype
> or Bell Systems documents.
>
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>
> I like the suggestion of it being to flip the tape end back up.
>
>
>
>
> John, W9DDD
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> On Dec 30, 2022, at 5:12 PM, Daniel Jones <djones at k6yic.com> wrote:
>
> Looks to me to be added and based on where its located it might be used to
> push the tape back up if its torn off and then starts down inside the
> cover.  Just My thoughts.
>
>
>
> Daniel
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> Daniel Jones (K6YIC)
> DJones at k6yic.com
> http://K6YIC.com
>
> HH Phone #11973
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> On Dec 30, 2022, at 12:53 PM, W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:
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>
> Anyone know what the purpose of this little external lever is on the ROTR?
> Doesn’t connect to anything. I thought maybe it was supposed to connect to
> the SPACING lever but I can’t see how that would make sense.
>
>
>
> https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221230_154001.jpg
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> https://w2hx.com/x/TTY/misc/20221230_154024.jpg
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>
> --
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com
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