[Qcwa] Random old bit of technology.

[Joseph Fenn]

No never saw a Secode, but due remember the old hand cranked
magneto field fones used by Army Sig Corps.  I checked out the
"shock intensity" of the magneto a time or 2 and it gave quite
a jolt!!!
                 Joe


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On Mon, 3 May 2004, Jeffrey D Angus wrote:

> I hear a lot about CW and military radios, but I thought I'd through
> this in just to see
> if there's anybody out there that remembers these as well.
>
> Secode.
>
> Heh, that's right, the telephone dial, that pulsed a 2805 Hz tone to
> dial the radio
> telephones with.
>
> I found one in a box of stuff I was sorting out.
>
> Jeff
> wa6fwi
>
> --
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>  safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
> "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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>
>
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