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Telegraph Reader
We just finished the Telegraph reader needs some fine tuning and stain but works pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNq9R1cUVZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNq9R1cUVZY
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Re: Telegraph Reader
That's great!
I wonder is that what's known as social media for old fanny burbs?
I wonder is that what's known as social media for old fanny burbs?
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Thanks Gunny, it will look better when i get the finish on it and will post a pic then.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Pitchy, does that telegraph say, sorry to hear about Jeff Epsteins upcoming suicide? todd/3leg
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Re: Telegraph Reader
It could say anything and i wouldn`t understand it
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Re: Telegraph Reader
I haven’t messed with Morse since high school. It’s a darned good thing that once you get your ticket you aren’t required to retest.
Something like this would be great as I could take my time reading it. The code is still there but it’s buried under so much stuff it takes a while to bring it back to the surface.
Then again no one really uses it anymore.
Something like this would be great as I could take my time reading it. The code is still there but it’s buried under so much stuff it takes a while to bring it back to the surface.
Then again no one really uses it anymore.
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"Freedom is never more that a generation from extinction" Ronald Reagan
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Thanks, i don`t recon i`ll ever use it just had to make one to see it work.
As you know the key wouldn`t be on this line it would be on the in coming line only.
As you know the key wouldn`t be on this line it would be on the in coming line only.
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KPH radio station was the last North American transmission of Morse Code. Twenty years ago yesterday.
July 13, 1999
KPH radio station was the last North American transmission of Morse Code. Twenty years ago yesterday.
July 13, 1999
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Re: Telegraph Reader
There`s something wrong with the wiring, the operator wouldn`t be there to turn on the motor that runs the paper when the message came in.
If i wire the paper motor to the solenoid it would stop between letters so that wouldn`t work, wonder how one would wire that ?
If i wire the paper motor to the solenoid it would stop between letters so that wouldn`t work, wonder how one would wire that ?
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Figured it out, dang operator couldn`t run over and turn the paper on when a message came in, wired it to the solenoid and there`s enough delay in the pen lifting and lowering to make the spaces between the letters.
Works good and when i get the new key installed it will be a dandy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7LBn8ihB_Y
Works good and when i get the new key installed it will be a dandy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7LBn8ihB_Y
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Can't speak for Pitchy, but my fanny burbs are new every day ! ! !
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Glad ya liked it Grizz.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Have any problems with outlaws cutting your wires?
Very nice work!
BB
Very nice work!
BB
Re: Telegraph Reader
Thanks BB, i imagine the arrows will start flying in soon.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
That's awesome Lenn! Great job.
Now you need one of those green visors and little spectacles. That's the guy in the telegraph office in every western made.
Now you need one of those green visors and little spectacles. That's the guy in the telegraph office in every western made.
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https://morsecode.scphillips.com/translator.html
https://morsecode.scphillips.com/translator.html
Re: Telegraph Reader
Thanks fellers and Six i did.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Another neat piece of engineering, Lenn.
It has been 50 years since I knew Morse code and semaphore, too, in Scouts. Forgot everything.
It has been 50 years since I knew Morse code and semaphore, too, in Scouts. Forgot everything.
Re: Telegraph Reader
Thanks Bill.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Pretty nifty. I don't know the Morse alphabet, but it could come in handy.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Thanks piller, one thing for sure the Gov wouldn`t be listening in on it.
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Jeepnik AKA "Old Eyes"
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Re: Telegraph Reader
You're ahead of the curve. After texting fades, Morse code will be the next big fad.
Re: Telegraph Reader
Got the new key on today so it`s done, have a neat one coming that is said to have come out of the RR station in Big Springs TX.
It even has a battery eliminator on it.
Also have a sounder and key coming.
It even has a battery eliminator on it.
Also have a sounder and key coming.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
this is SO COOL ! !
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Thanks Grizz, don`t know what good they are i just like setting up displays of old stuff.
This is a replica resonator box we made for the key and sounder that`s coming in a few days, they would wedge a tobacco can behind the sounder so it would make a different sound so the rr guy could tell which sounder was getting a message.
This is a replica resonator box we made for the key and sounder that`s coming in a few days, they would wedge a tobacco can behind the sounder so it would make a different sound so the rr guy could tell which sounder was getting a message.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Neat! I didn't know any of that. I like old timey stuff and how they did things back in the day.
Thanks buddy.
Thanks buddy.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Cool! Thanks for the video buddy.
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Gettin' the old Jeep ready for the trail on Sunday.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Pitchy....the Morse Telegraph Club is just a couple of miles from the gunclub I belong to......as the crow flies, maybe 25 miles from here. The Strasberg Railroad museum is really cool with operating steam locomotives you can take a ride on. -----6Pitchy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:10 pm Thanks Jay, here`s a video showing one in use at 1:28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3_O4IPz7Cs
Re: Telegraph Reader
Cool Six, you should go visit it someday.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
I've been there several times......the railroad museum, not the telegraph people.---6
Re: Telegraph Reader
Today we made a key for the new sounder that`s should be here Sunday.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Decided to put the home made key on the home made machine.
Video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Yw0FnY5eU
Video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Yw0FnY5eU
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Wow! That looks like an original old timey one for sure!
Great work, buddy.
Great work, buddy.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Thanks Jay, yep it was patterned after a old model.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/83175924364680982/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/83175924364680982/
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Hey Pitchy, have you ever used morse code?
during wwII signal corpsmen could type incoming coded messages, which looked like a random hash, and read a book at the same time!! think about it!! this went to the guy who decrypted traffic...
I think you are already there.
during wwII signal corpsmen could type incoming coded messages, which looked like a random hash, and read a book at the same time!! think about it!! this went to the guy who decrypted traffic...
I think you are already there.
Re: Telegraph Reader
I know nothing about Morse code Grizz and doubt i`ll try and learn, just the history of the machines i`m after.
I have one more sounder coming so ran out and made a box for it.
I have one more sounder coming so ran out and made a box for it.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Super nice, Lenn. Great job. Looks real "old timey".
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Thanks Jay.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Today we made a wooden Key.
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Re: Telegraph Reader
FANTASTIC. I will eventually forge one in fire, but not with wood . . .
Re: Telegraph Reader
Thanks Grizz, i believe this was originally forged.Pitchy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 19, 2019 4:58 pm Thanks Jay, yep it was patterned after a old model.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/83175924364680982/
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Well Pitchy...you sure do keep things interesting around here on the board.......sure beats. "what kind of sneakers do you wear when going out for a gallon of milk?"
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Your home made key looks beautiful. Looks like nicely figured walnut?
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Re: Telegraph Reader
Thanks Gunny actually it`s cherry or cedar, the dark pattern is from the side grinder burning it.
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