[Boatanchors] What is "QRA"?

Mon, 3 Nov 2003 06:33:24 -0600

Never had anything to do with actual military HF CW flights!  I was referring to 
commercial/civilian stuff.  Closest I ever got to military airborne CW operation
was operating the ART-13/BC-348 in our old squadron "Gooney" 43-16029
on the amateur bands during a few flights!
73,
Sandy W5TVW

PS: I have found out 43-16029 went to Viet-Nam as a "puff" gunship and is now in
South Korea as a "monument".
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony W. DePrato" <[email protected]>
To: "Sandy, W5TVW" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] What is "QRA"?

| 
| >
| >Most ship callsigns were four letters (USA stations), aircraft were five 
| >letters to
| >differentiate between aircraft and ships using common frequencies (like 
| >the old
| >500 khz calling/distress channel) on CW.
| SNIP
| Sandy that is true unless you were a military flight then you had a 
| callsign of numbers and a letter . my call when i was flying radio op on 
| the C54's was the planes tail number exp.. 6A865 or if i was using voice it 
| was Navy  6 Alpha 865.
| man this is a great thread for us old farts..
| 73 Tony wa4jqs
| U.S. Navy 63-70
| V.N.V.
| 
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