old phone tricks
In the fall of 68 I arrived at Treasure Island to attend Navy ET school, and immediately joined the Island amateur radio club, K6NCG. You could "stand duty" at the club rather than the barracks!!! Anyhow, we had a dial phone with a connector for the phone patch, and someone had been making toll calls and not loggin them or paying. So one club night I showed up and there was a "dial lock" on the phone. I told them "that won't stop anybody" and showed how to punch the hanger buttons and dial the phone!!!
This IS that very phone, can't tell if it's "locked" in this photo or not:
K6NCG - Treasure Island Radio Amateur Club 1969-1970
K6NCG - Positions
Me, myself and I about 20yrs old up the 120ft tower
In the fall of 68 I arrived at Treasure Island to attend Navy ET school, and immediately joined the Island amateur radio club, K6NCG. You could "stand duty" at the club rather than the barracks!!! Anyhow, we had a dial phone with a connector for the phone patch, and someone had been making toll calls and not loggin them or paying. So one club night I showed up and there was a "dial lock" on the phone. I told them "that won't stop anybody" and showed how to punch the hanger buttons and dial the phone!!!
This IS that very phone, can't tell if it's "locked" in this photo or not:
K6NCG - Treasure Island Radio Amateur Club 1969-1970
K6NCG - Positions
Me, myself and I about 20yrs old up the 120ft tower
