[GreenKeys] Bell on space???

[John, W9DDD]

Bell on blank, I have no way to confirm that other than the chart and 
the fact I never heard a bill ring during normal printing from the 3 
machines.


On 1/18/2025 8:52 PM, steve bennett wrote:
> John,
>
>  Yes that is exactly the page I'm looking at and yes 4B is stamped on 
> the part.
> Guess I was wrong to think space and blank are the same thing.
> So you think the bell will ring repeatedly if the machine is running open?
> Might make sense for a news room to alert them the line is down.
>
> -Steve
>
> On Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 09:40:01 PM EST, John, W9DDD 
> <w9ddd at tapr.org> wrote:
>
>
> 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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