1885 Recording of Bell

[NY4Q]

Neat! Skip to near the end of the clip to bypass the counting.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418173,00.asp

[PA5COR]

Thanks for that find ;)

[w0aew]

The first "numbers" station. Kinda.

[KG4CGC]

Pretty damn cool.

[NQ6U]

They purposely left out the part where he says "best of seventy-threes to you and the XYL, HI HI."

[KG4CGC]

They purposely left out the part where he says "best of seventy-threes to you and the XYL, HI HI."

And people really did talk that way back them. They also enunciated very precisely.

[K7SGJ]

And people really did talk that way back them. They also enunciated very precisely.


They spoke very clearly, too.

[NQ6U]

Graham was a Scott who emigrated to the United States, which may account for why he sounds like he does on that recording. A native-born American of that era probably wouldn't sound all that much different from a present-day Yank, except it's likely he wouldn't use as much profanity.

[kb2vxa]

Oh yeah, I noticed a Scottish accent quite plainly. Only the way he spoke slowly, clearly and enunciated (probably knowing the poor quality of recordings) it wasn't a heavy burr. I knew a Scot like that only when he lapsed into the Gael we knew it was time to carry him home, he was minutes away from falling off the bar stool. (;->)

"They purposely left out the part where he says "best of seventy-threes to you and the XYL, HI HI"

Uh uh, speaking proper English he wouldn't use that triply redundant phrase, best of best wishes best wishes nor would he use CW abbreviations in a voice transmission. <razz>