I ran my old Teletype Model 19 (actually, not so old: I see 8/1960 date stamps on most of the machine's major sub-assemblies) and Hal ST-6000 on the air many years ago, and then packed everything away for a move to a new house. Over the years, I have forgotten a lot (most?) of what I learned about RTTY on HF.

So I have now become re-interested in mechanical RTTY and am digging everything out of the shop storage. The M19 itself is sorely in need of some TLC, and I have begun tearing it down for a complete overhaul/re-lube/re-adjust. It'll take a while, but the machine badly needs a complete re-do. At present, I am tearing down the M15 unit, as it is in the worst shape. 

I'll have quite a few questions as I get "re-started" in RTTY, and I'll appreciate the help from the group. Meanwhile, I'll get caught up on the archived messages in the list.... good reading!

First question: am I alone in my interest in running a M19 on HF for mechanical RTTY?  I hope I'll be able to do more than copy the W1AW Baudot transmissions on the old Teletype machine!

Thx -

Steve K4KM