[CW] J38 - a question

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Nice photos here:

http://www.navy-radio.com/xmtr-key.htm


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On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:34 AM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm probably supposed to know this, but somehow my military education was
> neglected on the point.
>
> The classic J-38 keys have a pair of isolated (not connected to the key
> mechanism) contact posts designated "TEL" and "LINE", and connected by a
> shorting strap.
>
> Our shipboard Navy keys (type xxx-23146) did not have those posts.  What
> was
> the purpose of the posts and the shorting strap between them?  Must be an
> Army thing.
>
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