[Elecraft] OT: Wiring A Continent : The U.S. Transcontinental Telegraph Line

[Wayne Burdick]

I highly recommend this fascinating first-person account. You might want to skim over the parts about political infighting to get to descriptions of the route, procurement of poles, Indian encounters, and inclement weather. 

(And we thought Field Day setup was challenging.)

http://www.telegraph-history.org/transcontinental-telegraph/index.html

73,
Wayne
N6KR

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