[MRCG] German Field Phones

[Tim]

Hi Dave - When my kids were little we wired up a pair of EE-8's between my
son's room and his buddies, 3 doors down the street.  The neighbors kindly
agreed to some WD-1/TT commo wire on the ground along the base of their
back yard fences.  The kids had a lot of fun with them, we later upgraded
to a pair of TA-1/PT types.. These things work great!  I would imagine
there were a lot of houses, farms and shops connected via EE-8's back in
the day, good gear and pretty bullet proof..  Pretty sure the equivalent
German phones got similar applications...
The GRA-6 sets also make great field phones - we have used them to remotely
operate an RT-70 and a PRC-47 at campsites.  Here is our buddy Alex at the
radio site - the remote was 100 meters away back at his tent in the
campsite (they can be up to 2 miles apart)...Fun!
https://www.n6cc.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2718.jpg
Why?  Because we can!  haha
Tim
N6CC

On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 2:09 PM W6MQI via MRCG <mrcg at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I've toyed with the idea of using some type of field phone to connect my
> shack to the main house so the XYL won't have walk out when its raining or
> just being lazy.
>
> Dave
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