Re: [Elecraft] OT: Barbed-Wire Telephone
My great-aunt Lorraine was born in 1897. She left her home in AR at age 16 to become a teacher on the Navajo reservation in western NM. Around the time of her 90th birthday party in 1987 (she lived to 102), I was fortunate to spend an afternoon talking with her. She told me that when she and her husband had a ranch here in NM in the '20s and '30s, they carried a "barbed-wire telephone" in their Model T to summon help when the car broke down. I thought that was really clever! 73, Jim KO5V __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: Barbed-Wire Telephone
Probably better to use 50' of barbed wire and just under 100 miles of air. ;) >> I wonder what an Elecraft tuner could do with 100 miles of barbed wire? >> https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/atrocious-but-efficient-how-ranchers-used-barbed-wire-to-make-phone-calls/ >> 73, Eric WD6DBM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to l...@ka7ftp.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] OT: Barbed-Wire Telephone
I wonder what an Elecraft tuner could do with 100 miles of barbed wire? https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/atrocious-but-efficient-how-ranchers-used-barbed-wire-to-make-phone-calls/ 73, Eric WD6DBM  __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
