[Uram-rejections] Tonic Train

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 In England tonic goes with gin.



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> From: "Trailer Trash ..." <kinvig.netta at ntlworld.com>
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> Subject: Re: Tonic Train
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:38:36 +0100
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> "Graham." <graham-usenet at mail.com> wrote in message 
> news:2ghkbd12pknhr13umjtned4rh77d012tks at 4ax.com...
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> > Does any one have any idea why "Tonic Train" was so called?
> >
> > There are plenty of references to the term from the 1910s and 1920s
> > and it referred to Interrupted Continuous Wave ICW produced my
> > electromechanical means.
> >
> > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5312527/
> > near the end.
> >
> >
> > http://www.jproc.ca/marconi/100w4.pdf
> > page 2 para 6
> >
> > http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Marconi-Review/Marconi-Review-1930-04.pdf
> > bottom of page 9
> >
> > https://archive.org/stream/thermionictubesi00scotuoft/thermionictubesi00scotuoft_djvu.txt
> >
> > http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1937/sro/330/made/en/print
> >
> > 5. The licensee shall not use apparatus emitting damped waves (spark)
> > and shall not use unrectified alternating current on the anodes of
> > transmitting valves. Neither shall the licensee use interrupted
> > continuous wave (I.C.W.) or tonic train for transmission unless he has
> > satisfied the Minister that such systems are essential for his
> > experiments.
> >
> >
> > I have been aware of the phrase for many years, but why was it called
> > that?
> >
> > 73
> > G3ZVT
> 
> Buckfast ? .... 
> 
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