Sunday, December 9, 2007

Nostalgia: A Quiz Contest for Sparrows

People, Technologies, Equipments, Organizations fade away from memory with passage of time. Let us try and tickle our memories to see if we remember some of these.

Which Equipment is F&F associated with?
What does BBFU stand for and what general facilities the equipment provided?
Is it possible to provide telephone and telegraph communications with only one wire?
What is the system known as? Let us have some anecdotes based on this system.
With which system/equipment is SWAB associated with?
What is the difference in D3 and D8 Cables?
What is Tingaphone??
What does OTP stand for?
We had Valve Testers in the days of Valves based equipment. What was the easiest way to check if a particular valve was working?
Who was ACI?
Who visualized satellite communications and roughly when. In which country was he/ she then? Which Senior Signal Officer was associated with the start of Amateur Radio and Work Study in India?
Which Senior Signal Officer was associated with the start of Computer Society of India?
What were Punched Cards used for and had how many Columns?
The famous Wireless Set 19, the Work Horse of World War 2 and post War years, comprised of how many Radio Sets?
What does “da did da did” stand for in Morse code?
How is “Saragarhi” associated with signal communications.
Who started The Signalman Magazine?
In case a lady wants to do make up, which old signal equipment she could have gainfully used? How are words SINGING and HOWLING associated with communications?
Any one used pigeon message service? Please tell us about it.

A surprise New Year gift awaits one with all right/ best answers. The results of best answers will be published on 30 Dec 2007.

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