[LINK] Australian Defence buys new telegraph key cables

[Tom Worthington]

Australian Defence has really upgraded its communications, issuing a 
tender for ten new cables for their telegraph keys.  ;-)

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Cord Assembly, Electrical Key Telegraph
ATM ID  RFQ-C7249
Agency  Department of Defence - DSG
Category        43222700 - Telegraph equipment ...
Publish Date    27-Jun-2008
...
Description     Qty 10 Ea 5995/996304975 Cord Assembly, Electrical 
Key Telegraph
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From: 
<https://www.tenders.gov.au/?event=public.atm.show&ATMUUID=C3B14550-FC18-6113-0197221C11EF98FB>

The tender document is a facsimile of a paper form with a list of 
part numbers. When I tried to find some of  these parts with a web 
search I ended up at a museum <http://w1tp.com/perkcol.htm#m9000.htm>.

Of course the telegraph key still has uses, and saved the planet in 
the movie Independence Day 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(film)>. ;-)



Tom Worthington FACS HLM tom.worthington at tomw.net.au Ph: 0419 496150
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Australian National University