[Boatanchors] USS Wisconsid BB64 - Falcon

[Nick England]

I've always heard FACCON for Facilities Control. TTY patch panels, rcvr and
xmtr switchboards, coke machine (red audio switch), a few monitor
rcvrs (URR-74), etc. next to a small office/desk. And a status board
showing all the comm circuits status. FACCON essentially set up and
controlled all the radio comms circuits and equipment while the Message
Center processed the traffic over those circuits.

Maybe Wisconsin called it FALCON instead for some reason?

Cheers
Nick

On Wednesday, September 2, 2015, Mr Bill Mellema via Boatanchors <
boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I am a member of the USS Wisconsin BB-64 Amateur Radio Club in Norfolk,
> Virginia. We have a new space opened to us so a few of us were on the ship
> today for an inspection. The space is marked "Falcon".and it located just
> off the switch panels and radio central. .There are also a couple URR-74 WJ
> Receivers with "Falcon" on their name plate in the switch panels area.
> Does anyone know what "Falcon" is or was?
>
> Thanks es 73's
> Bill N3WM ex-RM2
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