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

[Wes]

I also recommend this: https://www.nps.gov/pisp/planyourvisit/telegraph-room.htm

I have visited the place. To my knowledge the first op and I are unrelated.

Wes  N7WS


On 11/21/2023 1:43 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> 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.
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> (And we thought Field Day setup was challenging.)
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> http://www.telegraph-history.org/transcontinental-telegraph/index.html
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> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
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