I've never had one to do that in the several different ones I've had, Wow, 
that's weird.  Also, I've used a trusty perkins on the air/commercial radio, 
to take down trading post items as folks called them in, talking while 
writing, but writing nonetheless.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: the good old brailler


>    Speaking of Braillers seizing up, I seem to have that happen to me 
> every
> few years, even if I cover the machines when I'm not using them to prevent
> unnecessary dust and other stuff from getting in there.
>
> If things get too bad, I have to send the things away to Perkins to get
> re-conditioned, but I've always wondered if someone has a quick fix for 
> the
> seizing up problem that I could try and therefore could avoid having to 
> pay
> to get the Perkins folks to fix them.
>
> The funny thing is that there's seldom anything mechanically wrong with 
> the
> machines;  they just seize up after a few years of use, and I've had it
> happen on all three of the Braillers I own and use.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 1:47 PM
> Subject: Re: the good old brailler
>
>
>>I haven't even seen my brailler in many years, I think it seized up, I
>> couldn't afford to get it fixed, wasn't using it enough to make it worth
>> while so it's probably in the attic or cellar now.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Terri Pannett" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 1:42 PM
>> Subject: the good old brailler
>>
>>
>>> Dear List,
>>>
>>> I was just thinking of the following scenario and how I would handle it:
>>>
>>> There's no electricity and I'm NCS on a vhf band during an emergency.
>>> I've
>>> got emergency power to run the radio, but none to run computers, tape
>>> recorders, etc.  These devices are all battery eaters, so I can't count
>>> on
>>> battery power for writing things down.
>>>
>>> Solution:  the good old Perkins brailler with a good supply of paper!
>>> It's
>>> noisy, and people in the same room might object, but the brailler is 
>>> till
>>> the quickest way to keep track of check-ins and handle written traffic.
>>>
>>> I could use a slate and stylus, but my slate skill is abysmally slow. 
>>> If
>>> you slate users can act as an NCS and take down written traffic using a
>>> slate and stylus and no other auxiliary recorders, please pass along 
>>> your
>>> secret.
>>>
>>> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
>>