[GreenKeys] Another Whats-it ???
COURYHOUSE at aol.com
COURYHOUSE at aol.com
Fri Nov 9 00:14:01 EST 2012
what were they using as the readout end in recent times!??!
Ed#
In a message dated 11/8/2012 10:06:55 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
ka2ivy at verizon.net writes:
On 11/8/12 10:09 PM, Don Robert House wrote:
> Yes,
>
> If you look closely at the mechanism the manufacturer's name is
> stamped into one of the parts "GAMEWELL" in script.
> Someplace I have the pen recorder that receives the codes. This
> technology goes back to the 1800s.
> However it was still in use in the 1980s for troubleshooting dial
> pulses on trunk circuits.
>
> Don
> K9TTY
>
>
> On 8 Nov 2012, at 8:49 PM, epvgk at limpoc.com wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 08:16:45PM -0600, John Hensley wrote:
>> Can anyone identify this what's-it ?
>> At URL:
>> http://www.w5jv.com/Unknown%20Device/
> Looks like one of these fire alarm call box mechanisms:
>
>
http://files.schuminweb.com/photography/2002/fire-box/full-size/auction-2.jpg
>
>
http://www.schuminweb.com/photography/photo-2002/for-fire-open-then-pull-down-hook/
>
>
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It's a fire telegraph transmitter for a building. When the local
building alarm is tripped, it activates this transmitter to send a coded
signal to the fire house. These were being built and installed as late
as the mid 1980s, maybe later.
Bruce Gentry
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