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Dear Folk,

Greetings. My name is Dale and I'm located in Canberra, Australia.

At the recent hamfair in Friedrichshafen I met Henning and Sean and purchased a set of i-telex boards. I built the remote control unit for the teleprinter and interfaced it to the TW39 circuit board and assembled the boards into a rack unit, it all appears to be working with my Kleinschmidt TT-4 teleprinter. I've tested the general operation by using Telnet and I can exchange messages between the teleprinter and a PC via Telnet. Attached is a photograph of the setup.

Next step is to get a i-telex number assigned and chat with other users. Hope to chat with you soon!

Regards

Dale

Willkommen an Bord,

herzlich willkommen im i-Telex-Kreis. Es freut uns zu hören, dass dein TT-4 mit der neuen Technik sauber läuft – altes Eisen, frischer Strom. Solide gebaut, für Dauerbetrieb gedacht. Dass Telnet bereits funktioniert, ist ein guter Anfang – doch echter Fernschreibverkehr beginnt erst mit einer eigenen i-Telex-Nummer.

In Australien sind bereits mehrere Fernschreibstationen aktiv – du bist nicht allein. Wenn alles wie vorgesehen arbeitet, wird i-Telex bald wieder leisten, was einst das weltumspannende Fernschreibnetz tat: verlässliche Verbindung rund um den Globus.

Welcome aboard,

a warm welcome to the i-Telex circle. It's good to hear that your TT-4 works well with the new technology – old iron running on fresh current. Built to last, made for continuous operation. The fact that Telnet is already up and running is a solid first step – but real telex communication starts only once you have your own i-Telex number.

There are already several telex stations active on the Australian continent – you’re not alone. If all works as it should, i-Telex will soon once again achieve what the classic telex network once did: span the entire globe with reliable connections.

Best regards,
Wolfram

Hi Dale,

welcome here to the i-Telex community! Henning would also be the right person to assign a number to you. Maybe you contact him via PM in this forum.
I'm looking forward to share a message with you via telex.

Kind regards from Austria,
Wolfgang

Hi Dale,
welcome here! When you are "online", i´m happy about a qso via TTY

73 de Sven, DH0JSV

G'day Dale:

Oh how nice that there will soon be another I-TELEX member here in Australia.
Currently we have: me 27387 here in Brisbane, 61001 Richard on Gold Coast, 25966 Nick in Sydney and occasionally 82123 Angus in Adelaide.

I would be most interested in your restoration of your terminal as I have one also for restoration.
We look forward to hearing from you...
-byes- bambi VK4AYL

Hi Everyone,

Thanks all for your comments and I'm looking forward to being active. I've applied for an i-telex number and will complete the setup when I have that.
Attached is the schematic of the remote control interface I built, it's very similar to the others that have been posted on the forum. The TTY machine has a variable resistor to adjust the line current, so that's not shown on the schematic. I run the TT4 TTY machine at 50 mA loop current.

Regards

Dale

Hi Dale,


Good to meet you at Friedrichschafen - I trust the rest of your stay in Europe went well.

Your new system looks great! Hopefully you will have a number registered soon, and we can exchange a few telex messages in the coming days.

Have fun, and chat soon

Cheers
Sean

Hi Dale,

Welcome to i-Telex and hurrah, for another Anglophone! We're a much smaller group than the Deutschsprachige, but together we all enjoy making really noisy communication.

ttfn

David

Hello everyone,

Many thanks for your messages. Thanks to Detlef and Henning I have a i-telex number which is 570418.
It seems to work quite well and I've had several nice conversations to test things with some Australian subscribers.
I'm sure I'll have questions along the way.

Regards

Dale
i-telex 570418