Yep, that's where I was, Nov 57 to Nov 58. I see you were there when it was not "mudsite" anymore. Wonder if the Picadilly was still there? Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
73, Rick, W7LKG, MSgt USAF (Ret) -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Stewart Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 08:57 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] O.T. Morse is not dead, at least in the U.S. Navy On 11/20/2017 4:34 AM, Richard S. Leary wrote: > Kevin, > My two cents worth. I was a USAF Morse Intercept Operator for almost 8 > years. Started in Mar 1955. School was 7 months. Of that, CW training > was 3+ hours a day, 5 days a week, for 7 months. Graduating speed > requirement was > 20 wpm. I started knowing zilch, ended up school at 23 wpm. Characters > taught then were A thru Z, 1 thru 0, plus "special characters". Total > character count was in excess of 45 characters. Some special > characters were colon (:), semi-colon (;), ampersand (&), dollar ($), > exclamation point (!), quotes ("), plus other normal punctuation > marks. I worked as a MIO for 6 1/2 years in Europe. Germany, Turkey, > and England. Consecutive tours. We copied CW as it was sent. If it > ended up looking like Greek, or any other language, it was still CW, > but transcribed onto paper, as whatever was sent. No computers back > then, just a pair of Hammerlund SP-600's, R-390's or 51J's, and a > Royal or Remington manual mil spec typewriter, and lots of 6 ply, fan > fold paper with carbons. In Turkey, the building next to our ops area > was Navy ops. Their CT's were reknown for being pretty excellent operators. > Glad to see the Navy MIO's back. Just my $0.02 worth. > > 73, Rick, W7LKG > > Rick, Looks like you were at Karamursel, I was there 1962-63, Navy Ops. 73 Stew ke4yh CTTC USN Ret. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w7...@comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
