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Old 31st Oct 2017, 11:55 pm   #31
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Default Re: Thought this might amuse you...

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Originally Posted by Heatercathodeshort View Post
He had rigged up an old fashioned door bell with the striker positioned on the base of the CRM121B by way of a made up bracket. A battery was connected via a bell push he had screwed to the side of the console cabinet.

When the short occurred he pressed the button resulting in the vibrations temporarily clearing the short. That was typical of the make do and mend approach of his generation and I must admit I admired it.
In my mind I am imagining him 50 years earlier, as a Marconi radio officer, receiving Morse with a self-restoring coherer.
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