[GreenKeys] Signal Corps Handset TS-10M

[Al Klase]

Hi Doug,

Actually it's a sound-powered handset.  Two of them can talk to each 
other without battery power.  The elements are extremely sensitive, and 
make great headphones for crystal sets.  See: 
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/SoundPwr/soundpwr.html and 
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/xtalset102/headsets.htm

Al

On 9/12/2010 10:50 PM, Douglas W. Jones wrote:
> I was wandering through a local antique and consignment shop
> today and picked up an item with the following label:
>
>      SIGNAL CORPS    U.S. ARMY
>          HANDSET  TS-10-M
>          WESTERN ELECTRIC
>
> On the side, stamped in red enamel, it says:
>
>      FUNGUS TREATED, JUNE, 1945
>
> The thing is just a telephone handset, brass, Bakelite and
> steel, net weight 1 pound 14 ounces, including 7 foot
> cord with a pair of huge alligator clips on the end.  I
> clipped it across my home phone line and it works as an
> extension phone (no dial, just good for answering the phone).
> My wife says the microphone "sounds like it's from 1945"
> and when I asked why, she said, "it's a bit faint, but I
> could hear you clearly."  The earphone is excellent.
>
> Is this interesting to anyone?  What's it worth?
>
>                       Doug Jones
>                       jones at cs.uiowa.edu
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Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/