From Wed May 21 21:52:12 1997
>Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 23:52:25 -0600
>From: Brooks A Rowlett
>Reply-To: brooksar@indy.net
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>To: World War II Discussion List
>CC: “mahan@microwrks.com” ,
> Marine History Information Exchange Group
>Subject: Re: Soound Locators & Sound Powered Phones
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>(MarHist & Mahan: This was originally on the WWII list; I am
>crossposting)
>
>In response to the sound locators question, I am reaonably
>convinced that many of them relied entirely on the speaking
>tube principle and did not have nay form of electrical
>amplification, at least in the ‘tween-the-wars variants.
>
>On the sound-powered phone subject – on USN ships, the
>’ring’ of a sound powered phone is generated, iirc, by a
>couple of turns of a handle (not entirely the same purpose
>as the turn of the handle to charge battery/capacitor for
>land based hand-powered phone links). The ‘ring’ is actually a very
>distinctive growling rumble, and the sound-
>powered phone is apparently nicknamed ‘the growler’.
>
>My question is, does anyone have that sound sigitized
>somewhere on the WWW, or would someone be willing to record
>the sound, convert it to a file, and mail it to me? I want
>it for an alert sound…..
>
>Thanks,
>Brooks A Rowlett
>brooksar@indy.net

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