[BC] putting phone calls on the air

[SHAFFER, RANDY L]

Harold responded -

>And, when you asked the operator to send an undertaker, it was the
>operator's husband who showed up. That's how automatic telephone switching
>got started. The other undertaker in town didn't want the operator
>diverting calls away from him. See http://www.strowger.com/history.html .

When you go to the strowger history site, make sure you click on the link to the "boys camp" that is still
operating a Strowger system. Quiet fellow list member Tom Gibson has recreated the radio broadcast
environment at the camp using classic broadcast gear. Tom has done a wonderful job of keeping long retired
broadcast gear functional in an educational setting.

Randy Shaffer
Harrisburg, PA