[GreenKeys] Well, it's not a Teletype ...

[Pete Lancashire]

It just gets me how dirty the thing was even while being used. The
dirt rubbed clean
as one got near the switch. I've seen stuff in steel mills cleaner

-pete

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, just for the record - it is indeed a McElroy Wheatstone tape
> keyer - I couldn't resist it - here are a few photos of the keying
> mechanism with two hole sensing pins controlling the contacts:
> http://www.navy-radio.com/xmtrs/control/mc-67.JPG
> http://www.navy-radio.com/xmtrs/control/mc-67a.JPG
> and a McElroy label I found under the gunk inside -
> http://www.navy-radio.com/xmtrs/control/mc-70.JPG
> Now to find some interesting tapes (or a punch!)
> cheers,
> Nick K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I believe it is Wheatstone tape keyer - given the output lines, variable
>> speed, and on the bottom of that reading head is a decal that says "McElroy"
>> - photo from a similar or same unit offered on ebay in the past -
>> http://www.navy-radio.com/xmtrs/control/keyer-mcelroy-96.jpg
>>
>> cheers,
>> Nick K4NYW
>> www.navy-radio.com
>>
>> On 18 Apr 2011, at 11:17 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
>>
>> ... but what _is_ it? I'm voting for a frequency meter. Any other
>> opinions?
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-TELETYPE-EQUIPMENT-RFL-LQQK-BIG-PICS-/170628984306?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27ba47adf2
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Bill, W1AC
>> --
>>
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