[Qcwa] WTB....Manual Communications "Mill"

[de Rick K5RIC]

Greg

For both requests check out

http://www.vwoa.org/

They may help with you mill need and can help you group get the ship you want.

73

rick k5ric


At 03:28 AM 7/28/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Sorry for shotgunning this out to many reflectors, but I am urgently
>trying to get a
>typewriter (mill lol) such as I used many hours while copying CW in the
>Navy,
>I really don't care what make the mill is, just so long as it is the
>communications type with all caps, and the stroked 0's (which for the
>life of me I can;t figure out how to do on a computer.
>The reason for this is quite simple, I am a traditionalist, and believe
>that radiograms should be produced in the traditional manner, and that
>is with a manual mill, in the 10 Orator typeface, and with stroked 0's.
>I haven been trying, unsuccesfully to find one on that e-pay site, but
>have had no joy. It seems that with the vast quantities of typewriters
>which were produced in this configuration, there simply has to be some
>available.
>If you have one for sale or swap, or know of someone who does, I would
>appreciate an email at either the one at the top of this message, or at
>my arrl email addy
>wa3ivx@arrl.net
>
>I realise that time does march on, and I have a perfectly capable
>computer which probably can perform the same job as a manual mill, but
>it just isn't the same. So if anyone knows where one may be obtained, I
>would appreciate a reply. Incidentally, if someone knows where a stock
>of these are located, I would also appreciate knowing this info, for I
>am involved with the possible restoration of my old ship, the USS
>America (CV-66)  If our vets organization can save her from the breakers
>torches. If we can get her as a museum ship, I wish to restore MainComm
>and Radio Central to the configuration which it was in during the '60s,
>and also restore the transmitter spaces, hopefully with the original
>equipment, which then would be operated as an Amateur Station, the call
>being a vanity one based on her International call of NMIB. I have no
>Idea if we can save the ship, as we are now running against a monstrous
>wave of red tape, problems, and foot dragging, but  one always has to
>have hope of a satisfactory conclusion,
>For those interested, the website of our organization is
>http://www.ussamerica.org
>73 es tnx for any help all of the groups can provide
>de WA3IVX (Greg Moore)
>
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