[ARC5] Mystery unit
Kenneth G. Gordon
kgordon2006 at frontier.com
Sat Sep 22 13:20:00 EDT 2012
On 21 Sep 2012 at 21:23, Jim Haynes wrote:
> Suppose you wind it up and turn it on and see what comes out - maybe
> something in Morse code. I could imagine it being used to generate a
> distress signal, for instance.
Well, I am somewhat hesitant about doing that: it obviously hasn't been used
since 1944 (at least) and I don't want to damage anything. Besides, the
battery that is in there, although not leaky, is undoubtedly shot.
I'll do some more examination before I wind it up.
Kenneth G. Gordon W7EKB
"Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway."--- John Wayne
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