[Elecraft] OT - American hamming in UK

[Phil Kane]

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!

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   73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
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