[MRCG] German Field Phones

[Ira J. Moser]

Tried to attach a video of a TA-838, but it was too big.  That one does 2W/4W point to point, or acts as a POTS phone, with a dial....    might have a couple of EE-8s in storage ;)Ira J. Moser, Owner, MECOwww.meco.org(425) 788-0208Orwell was an optimist!
-------- Original message --------From: Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> Date: 4/9/22  15:21  (GMT-08:00) To: W6MQI <W6MQI at protonmail.com>, West Coast Military Radio Collectors Group <mrcg at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [MRCG] German Field Phones Hi Dave - When my kids were little we wired up a pair of EE-8's between myson's room and his buddies, 3 doors down the street.  The neighbors kindlyagreed to some WD-1/TT commo wire on the ground along the base of theirback yard fences.  The kids had a lot of fun with them, we later upgradedto a pair of TA-1/PT types.. These things work great!  I would imaginethere were a lot of houses, farms and shops connected via EE-8's back inthe day, good gear and pretty bullet proof..  Pretty sure the equivalentGerman phones got similar applications...The GRA-6 sets also make great field phones - we have used them to remotelyoperate an RT-70 and a PRC-47 at campsites.  Here is our buddy Alex at theradio site - the remote was 100 meters away back at his tent in thecampsite (they can be up to 2 miles apart)...Fun!https://www.n6cc.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2718.jpgWhy?  Because we can!  hahaTimN6CCOn 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>> Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) secure> email.______________________________________________________________> MRCG mailing list> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/mrcg> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> Post: mailto:MRCG at mailman.qth.net>> Website: http://www.mrcgwest.org>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html