[CW] J38 - a question

[Benny Owens]

IT WAS ALSO USED TO CONNECT A SOUNDER FOR TELEGRAPHY.

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:35 AM, ka8vit at ka8vit.com <ka8vit at ka8vit.com> wrote:

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> It was used for training...  to connect the headphones and keys in a loop.
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> See this diagram.
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> http://k6ix.net/J-38/TM11-432-P18.jpg
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> 73 - Bill KA8VIT
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> On September 6, 2011 at 12:34 AM Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I'm probably supposed to know this, but somehow my military education was
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> > neglected on the point.
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> > 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.
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> > Our shipboard Navy keys (type xxx-23146) did not have those posts.  What
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> > the purpose of the posts and the shorting strap between them?  Must be an
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> > Army thing.
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> > 73, de Hans, K0HB
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> WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO)
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