[Qcwa] Random old bit of technology.

Tue, 4 May 2004 07:29:28 -0400

Joe....I certainly remember the old EE-8 field telephones and also a common
battery system which we had at our camp on Maui...there was no dialing....
I never saw any dial up system until well after WWII..

73    Norm   K1AA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Fenn" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Qcwa] Random old bit of technology.

>
> 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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