TopBand: WD-1 wire for beverages

Zak, Mike Mike@CRV.com
Sun, 1 Feb 1998 11:58:08 -0500


To add a bit to the lore, in the USMC (I was a communication officer
there, once, a long time ago) we learned the nomenclature as "WD-1/tt."
Spoken, this was "W-D-one slash t-t," which eventually got shortened to
"slash wire."  "Slash wire" became very useful for everything from
landline communications, to holding up field tents, to doing duty as a
clothesline, to securing loads on everything from amphibious ships to
helicopters.  I would agree that "slash wire" would be great for
beverages -- it was great for everything else...

73, Mike - K1MZ

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