[Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] Old Sparky

[Grant Youngman]

That’s been floating around eBay for quite a while.  It looks a lot more like some kind of pneumatic controller then something remotely telegraph related.

Grant NQ5T



> On Jul 13, 2020, at 12:23 PM, John <johnmb at nc.rr.com> wrote:
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> What is West Wu Flu *is* that thing?
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> It appears to have been made (judging by the fuseholder and coax braid) sometime after WW2, but the plumbing / mechanical parts look older.
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> Also, I'd guess the same person who did the mechanical work did NOT do the super sloppy work with the electrical tape on the HV conductor ("if we just add a LITTLE more insulation here, we'll be AOK"!)
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> There's undoubtedly some method to the madness here, but it's not apparent.
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> I'd love to poke around the rest of the basement/dungeon. Wonder what's in the briefcase underneath it? Control panel?
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> JOhn K5MO
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