[CW] Keying a radio with a short-circuited J-38?

[Richard Knoppow]

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From: "Raymond Lee" <vr2uw.ray at gmail.com>
To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 9:46 AM
Subject: [CW] Keying a radio with a short-circuited J-38?


Actress playing French SOE of WWII in a 2008 French movie 
“Les Femmes de
l'Ombre” had shorted the terminals of an American J-38 
telegraph key in the
course keying a wireless set; how could that be as it was 
not a landline
closed-circuit system? Click to see the picture:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47864282@N02/10674298684/

    I think it has always been pretty common for movies to 
be somewhat sloppy about detail, especially historical 
detail.  The objects become almost symbolic and the 
assumption is that the audience will be naive, as it usually 
is. Its the drama and story that counts, or should.
    A lot of us are of an age where things we thought would 
be constants are beyond the experience and comprehension of 
people sometimes even just a little younger.  It can be 
rather disturbing.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com