[GreenKeys] Bell on space???

[John, W9DDD]

Are you looking at a number 4B stamped on a function lever?  According 
to this chart that would be a Bell on Blank.  Strange, but not as 
strange as bell on space.  I suspect it's like blank isn't normally 
used, but can be when they want a bell.  And it would serve as a warning 
of an open circuit that couldn't be ignored.

I never spent enough time in the newsroom to know for sure, but I know 
the bell didn't ring on space and I suspect onlyt when AP or UPI or NWS 
had a reason to get attention.  (Hmm, gets me to wondering, we didn't 
have any machines at the transmitter site and there were hours that the 
studio was empty, I guess news only happened between 8AM and 11PM)


On 1/18/2025 8:13 PM, steve bennett via GreenKeys wrote:
> GKs,
>
>   My model 15 was owned by Associated Press.
> I have never had it running yet. (getting close)
> If I'm reading the documentation correctly the lever for the bell is a 4B
> which means "bell on space"?
> Is this thing set up to ring the bell on every space character?
> A ding for each word?
>
> Seems like that would make for a noisy news room.
>
> -Steve
>
>
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