[CW] THE NYMPH AND THE LAMP

[Joseph L Pontek]

Absolutely excellent, David.

It brought smiles and chuckles in remembrance of past experiences.
I just down loaded the excerpts and may need to buy the book
/"The Nymph and the Lamp" /now.

161, Joe, Ronnie(Rowena), Marty&  Sidney Pontek
P.O. Box 280, Dangriga, Stann Creek District
(Hopkins Village) Belize
011-501-503-7346 Belize
011-501-666-3564 Belize (cellular)
903-424-4267 (My cellular when in Texas)
Also, K8JP, member FOC1743,CWops876,QCWA-LM21894,OOTC4607,A1OP,SKCC3171T,NAQCC5798,FISTS7625CC951,FP-2819
LotW  Skype: v31joepalooka
http://www.justanswer.com/lp-1eh8-tool-repair
I am looking for Vibroplex Model X, Double lever, Zephyr, Champion, Lionel J-36 and prefer basket cases to restore.


On 3/17/2012 9:26 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> A few of the pages that I thought were very interesting from the book 
> Vern recommends are posted in this pdf file: 
> http://www.qsl.net/n1ea/Raddall_All_Exerpts.pdf
>
> Here's a bit about sending.  Remember we're talking about straight 
> keys and the pump handle key is a long lever key used by Marconi 
> Company - the PS213A and other keys like it, later the 365 keys.
>
> Here is I hope an interesting bit from that book.  I'm guessing that
> Raddall was imaging Sable Island of the 1930s when he worked there, so 
> "the War" was WW1, and the mention of "Olympia" the lead ship of the 
> three ships, Olympia, Titanic, and I guess they didn't build the last 
> one because of the "iceberg accident" 100 years ago.
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/cw/attachments/20120317/e36b8899/attachment.html