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Well, I still have and use every day the Sharp talking clock I got in 1979
and the talking calculator by sharp still working very well.
BOY! They were made well!
73
Lowell W8QIY
----- Original Message -----
From: "doug and sheilla emerson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: Sharp Talking Clock
> My wife, Sheilla, N6IKB, still has a Sharp Talking Time One. The only
> thing
> wrong with it is, you gotta be very careful about moving the volume
> control.
> Otherwise, it keeps reasonably good time. I wish I would have bought one
> when they were out. When I attended the Ohio State School For The Blind
> Alumni Reunion in 1979 they were all the rage. I also wanted the clock
> calculator as well. My wife had one of those too until a few years ago. We
> liked the clasical music piece it played when the alarm went off. 73 and
> God
> bless. Doug, N6NFF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Scovell
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 10:21 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Sharp Talking Clock
>
> Anybody remember the Sharp Talking Clock that came out years ago? I =
> still have mine but with a cell phone and the atomic talking clocks we =
> have in the house, plus my atomic wrist watch, I've just found little =
> purpose to use the old Sharp. I got it out and changed the dead =
> batteries and fiddled around with it and have it set to tell me the time =
> on the half our and on the hour. Plus, I'm using it as a timer when =
> riding my stationary exercise bike. I got to figuring about when I got =
> mine and it turned out to be 34 years ago. The thing is still working =
> great. That was around the time Mount Saint Helens blew. That is =
> related to an interesting ham story on 20 meters sideband I'll tell =
> next.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
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