[CQ-Contest] rfi-proof telephone

[Ward Willats]

>It might be worth mentioning ... again ... that quite often using an old Ma
>Bell phone made by Western Electric will solve RFI problems.  These older
>units were produced at a time with the "phone company" had to do all the
>service/maintenance work, and it was more cost effective to put the quality
>in the instrument and eliminate service calls.
>
>The courts didn't didn't do us any favors when it broke up Ma Bell ...
>opening the door to the  flood of "cheap" phones we have around  today.  I
>keep a couple of the old dudes around to hand out when needed.  Even the old
>rotary dial units will suffice for a weekend of contesting.

Coincidentally, this just was referenced again on Slashdot:

   http://www.bellsystemmemorial.com/index.html

Easy to lose a an hour poking around this site!

-- Ward / KG6HAF