Topband: WD1/TT

HAROLD SMITH JR w0rihps at sbcglobal.net
Mon Jul 23 18:40:19 PDT 2012


When I was in the Army in 1958 to 1960, the field commo wire was WD1/TT.
This was a twisted pair of steel and copper stranded insulated wire. It had no 
jacket 

over the twisted pair. The official way to splice it was with a square-knot and 
twist the loose ends 

after the end of the knot. Then wrap each splice with electrical tape. 

We ran many mile of this wire and had to pick it up when the Group moved 
position. Our Commo Sgt 

said that this is the worse job in the Army in WarTtime. Almost nobody doing 
this came back vertical. 


73......Price W0RI


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