[RTTY] FW: Real RTTY (AKA RTTY The Hard Way)

[Jeff Stai]

Not that two groups is a bad thing but there is already a very active and
friendly group here:

http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys

You might find some instant help there.

Also, other groups of late have found the Yahoo platform to be unstable and
there is doubt as to whether Yahoo will continue to support groups. You may
want to consider groups.io as an alternative.

73 and have fun! jeff wk6i


On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Don Hill AA5AU <aa5au at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Rex has given me permission to forward this email to the RTTY reflector
> for anyone interested. He is currently restoring a Creed 444 teleprinter.
> He has started a Yahoo group for those interested in mechanical RTTY.
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> He can be contacted here:
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> g8ubj.io91uj at googlemail.com
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> 73, Don AA5AU
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> From: R A Lester [mailto:g8ubj.io91uj at googlemail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 3:16 AM
> To: SHARES Club; w3iz at arrl.org; Thomas youngberg; Ian Keyser; Ing. Miloš
> Prostecký; Pete.Milsom; Don Hill AA5AU; DonJ Taylor; Frank Costa; john
> kitchens; zs6gav at codamail.co.za; VU3UPZ
> Subject: Real RTTY (AKA RTTY The Hard Way)
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> All
> This week I completed constructions of a double current magnet driver for
> the Creed 444 so I wired up the machine and got it working in local mode.
> The reperforator wasn't working (The punch withdrawing bracket was not
> engaged). A little TLC and lubrication and the punch now works so I can
> make punch tapes RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYR :)
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> I have to say that having lubricated everything the machine is really
> working well!
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> I fitted a high brightness led and 4.7k resistor in place of the end of
> line neon. That works off the +12V on the tongue without disturbing local
> copy.
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> The next (and hopefully last) teleprinter issue I encountered was a broken
> pecker lever in the tape reader so now I can make tapes but not read them
> properly. So thats one last thing for me to fix (either obtain or make a
> replacement part)
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> All said and done this has been a challenging but enjoyable project.
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> I have started a yahoo Group for those interested in mechanical RTTY, it
> seemed like an idea to post information and ideas on the subject as there
> may be others around the world interested in doing this.
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> If you're interested in mechanical RTTY and the machines you can see the
> posts and pictures etc here https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/
> groups/Real_RTTY/info
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> Not so much there at the moment but I'm sure more photos and information
> can be collected as we go.
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> VY 73 and happy new Year to all
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> Rex G8UBJ
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