[GreenKeys] Estrella Warbirds Museum W6EWM RTTY progress

[hwhall@aol.com]

Mike, 
I'm off-&-on working on setting up a working TTY  display at our museum.  Right now, I only have a Model 15 with some cobbled-together stuff to play prerecorded messages or let people play on the keyboard. I have another couple of 15s & some model 14 reperf machines (that have not been worked on at all yet). 
Putting up a station on the air on RTTY with war surplus radios is something I did back in college but I'm not sure how practical it is in the museum environment.  The present setup requires some oversight to demonstrate & I'm beginning work on a control box that will make it more self-operated - like, the guest pushes a button & everything comes online & prints a message. Press again & get another message, That kind of thing.
I'm sure a lot can be done if I was into little computer boards like Raspberry Pi but I've not delved into that stuff. Yet.
WayneWB4OGM
On Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 09:04:45 PM MDT, Mike Kelley <k6aj.77 at gmail.com> wrote:

Hello from the Estrella Warbirds Museum, W6EWM


A big thank you to Christopher, K6FIB, for coming out to the museum and getting us up and running on RTTY.  With a barn full of teletype machines, we found one that will play.  An ASR 28. With the help of a Dovetron terminal unit and a connection to ITTY we were receiving in no time!  A little WD-40 refreshed the ribbon and with a little lubricating, it was printing nicely. 

We have several Kleinschmidt teletypes. The TM-11-2234 is missing a motor. The other two, which are grey (Navy units?)  have running motors but need work. 

We hope to make the Teletype machines a working display at the museum radio room.

73,

Mike K6AJ


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