[NJARC] Radio Technology Museum Wants

[John Ruccolo]

Re TTY: Cool!

Re 1306: no problem, I mentioned it to you once before, and thought maybe you 
had either forgotten, or were more desperate for one now. If you ever encounter 
a "junker" with the cage (or grill), let me know.

JR




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From: Al Klase <al at ar88.net>
To: John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
Cc: New Jersey Antique Radio Club <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, August 23, 2010 12:33:24 AM
Subject: Re: [NJARC] Radio Technology Museum Wants

Hi John,

Hold that thought on the BC-1306.  We really need one with the grill.  I think 
the GRC-9 is bigger.

Re:  teletype  Snellman oiled it up.  I built an RS-232 to current loop 
converter.  (I'm a computer hardware guy, so that wasn't too bad.)  We only left 
a little smoke out of the selector magnet while klutzing around.  I discovered 
that TTY guys are even crazier than radio folks.  On of them wrote a piece of 
software, "Heavy Metal," that grabs AP new and other stuff off the web, converts 
it to 5-bit Baudot code, and put it out the serial port.  FM principle, I 
suppose.  We're hoping we can set it up so an innocent bystander can send us a 
text message from their cellphone.  We have a guy in Argentina that's supposed 
working on that.

Can any of you hack Perl Scripts?

Al

On 8/22/2010 9:28 PM, John Ruccolo wrote: 
Hi Al,  Nice display! How did you get the Teletype working? I'll bet it's a long  
story....  I have a BC-1306 that I would be happy to loan (for an extended time) 
to the  display. If nothing else, it fills that "hole" until a better one comes  
along. Mine is actually in pretty good shape, but some enterprising soul  
(probably a 1950's ham) removed the "cage."  I can bring it to the next meeting, 
if you'd like to take a look at it.  Regards,  John  PS -- looking for HA-19 
calibrator for Hallicrafters SX-122A receiver.         ----- Original Message 
---- From: Al Klase <al at ar88.net> To: New Jersey Antique Radio Club 
<njarc at mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sat, August 21, 2010 6:11:48 PM Subject: [NJARC] 
Radio Technology Museum Wants  Just remember  Reply = Poster Reply All = 
Everyone  _________________________________________________________ Gang,  We 
did a preview opening of our WWII Tactical Communication Display last  Sunday to 
coincide with the InfoAge VJ-day observance.  You can see a  few grab shots 
here: http://www.rtm.ar88.net/Tac_Comm/Tac_Comm.html  We intend to cover wire 
line and radio relay (ANTRAC) as well as the  usual radio stuff.  There are a 
number of thing we're looking for.  We have the TX and RX for an AN/TRC-8 on 
display.  Need an AS-52/TRC-8  antenna, just the corner reflectors, no room for 
the mast.  Has anyone  held on to a CF-1 multiplexer to go with it?  That's sure 
to be a heavy  beast.  Closer to New Jersey is better.  I guess I'd switch to 
AN/TRC-1  if one showed up.  SCR-508 Tank Radio:  Need a mount.  A proper tanker 
helmet would be a  good thing too.  One of the Jeep Radios SCR-509/510/609/610 
and an SCR-300 walkie-talkie  would help complete the FM picture. (BTW, this is 
the site where  Armstrong demonstrated the regen receiver to David Sarnoff in 
1914.)  Wire and Cable:  Looking for some short sections of WWII field- and  
assault-wire.  Would also like to have samples of spiral-four cable to  
compliment the ANTRAC.  SCR-694:  Need a real BC-1306 rather than the ersatz 
RT-77/GRC-9 in the pix.  The crazy stuff:  (People in Hell want ice water.)  
M-94 or M-209 cipher  devices.  Budget is limited, so don't expect to make a big 
score.  We are a  501-C-3 corp. if the donation angle works for you.  Thanks in 
advance, Al     


--  Al Klase - N3FRQ Jersey City, NJ http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/