[Elecraft] OT - American hamming in UK

[w6jd at comcast.net]

It was also good for winding coils on oatmeal boxes and the
old phenolic coil forms.

Doug
W6JD, Ex KN2CHN in 1952

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Phil Kane" <k2asp at kanafi.org> 

> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:24:23 -0800, Kenneth E. Harker wrote: 
> 
> >t's "speaker wire" over here, too. I've never heard the term 
> >"Bell wire" before. 
> 
> "Bell Wire" was well-known to us oldsters - I got my license 55 
> years ago - as something that could be found in any hardware 
> store. It was 18 AWG solid copper wire with a cotton covering, 
> usually white with a colored stripe, and was widely used to 
> hook up .......bells, what else! 
> 
> -- 
> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane 
> Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 
> 
> 
> 
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