I have been looking for a teletype for awhile, and found one that someone just wanted rid of. It looks complete and in decent shape. It still has the last thing it typed, which looks like a news wire. Unfortunately, it does not have the date, which would have been a neat bit of info.
I don't want to turn it on until I am fairly confident I wont damage it, I think this is a model 28 KSR (keyboard send receive) wall mounted model.
I see an extensive collection of manuals at US Navy Radio Communications - 1950's & 1960's (navy-radio.com) and found BULLETIN 216B which seems to be a basic maintenance manual and 217B for adjustments and lubrication.
I don't see any obvious damage on this machine. Ill have to get a ribbon and paper, the ribbon that is in it will probably disintegrate. Any recommendations for things I should check before powering on and attempting to test?
What I hope to do with this machine is mount it on shock mounts in my M35a2 shelter truck and have it as part of my amateur radio setup. I assume I can drive this teletype with a Raspberry PI using software called heavy metal on a serial port. This Rasberry PI is also what interfaces with the radios using FLDIGI software on ICOM 7300 and 7200. Like this it wont be driven directly by incoming signal but I am not sure what other items I would need to interface it, it appears I would need some additional items to drive it directly from on air signals.
Any help in my project to restore this Model 28 and ideas on how to get it in service somehow on amateur radio is welcome. People that visit my station really seem interested in the whole military comms station setup and adding the sounds of a teletype in the background will be a neat addition.
I don't want to turn it on until I am fairly confident I wont damage it, I think this is a model 28 KSR (keyboard send receive) wall mounted model.
I see an extensive collection of manuals at US Navy Radio Communications - 1950's & 1960's (navy-radio.com) and found BULLETIN 216B which seems to be a basic maintenance manual and 217B for adjustments and lubrication.
I don't see any obvious damage on this machine. Ill have to get a ribbon and paper, the ribbon that is in it will probably disintegrate. Any recommendations for things I should check before powering on and attempting to test?
What I hope to do with this machine is mount it on shock mounts in my M35a2 shelter truck and have it as part of my amateur radio setup. I assume I can drive this teletype with a Raspberry PI using software called heavy metal on a serial port. This Rasberry PI is also what interfaces with the radios using FLDIGI software on ICOM 7300 and 7200. Like this it wont be driven directly by incoming signal but I am not sure what other items I would need to interface it, it appears I would need some additional items to drive it directly from on air signals.
Any help in my project to restore this Model 28 and ideas on how to get it in service somehow on amateur radio is welcome. People that visit my station really seem interested in the whole military comms station setup and adding the sounds of a teletype in the background will be a neat addition.