On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:23:38 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"D.Duck" wrote in message
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Here's one version of M28 ASR

http://www.marcradio.org/m28.jpg

Boy, does that bring back memories. I have a Navy tech manual for one of
those buried somewhere in the basement.

I have the manuals from my Dad's downstairs somewhere - don't know
what the hell to do with them now though.

Wonder if they are worth anything on the antique market?

I also learned how to type on one. We sat in a room wearing those phenolic
headphones that had a metal disk for a driver/speaker, typing groups of five
characters in time to a John Phillips Sousa march.

Oh dude- does that bring back some memories. I used phones like that
when I first started in '62 in amateur radio - left overs from my Dad.
I'll bet Wayne had a pair of those when he started out. Used those
headphones on my very first crystal set. Great memory.

Far cry from the Motorola headphone/mic combination I have now.

I also have a set of David Clark headphones modified from my days in
flight school. Sometimes I think those are much better than the
Motorola digital ones I have.

Speaking of learning to type, I sat in once on a CW class being taught
by a Navy Chief (long time ago). He used to use a metronome to set
the 20 wpm rythym - had to listen to that for five minutes before the
lesson began. Old manual typewriters to boot.

Intersting technique. My Mom taught me Morse by whistling believe it
or not. That was fun. She could copy a solid 25 WPM right up until
she went over the edge into Old Timers Disease at the age of 76.

Amazing.

--

"An idealist is one who, on noticing that
a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes
that it will also make better soup."

H.L. Mencken