[CW] "Ida Was a Tramp" by Quinby

[Jerry T Dowell]

Many copies available at prices from $10 to $49.50.

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Jerry  AI6L

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Dailey, N8UX" <okh.npi@gte.net>
> --snip--
> "One of the best books I ever read was "Ida Was a Tramp," written by a
radio operator - Cdr. Quinby, who once was employed by the Green Line and
Delta Queen Steamboat Company, I believe. In fact, readers of "The Waterways
Journal" may recall a feature that Cdr. Quinby wrote for us back in the
1970s. It was about the Civil War and his grandfather.
>
> Cdr. Quinby was a cw (continuous wave) radio operator on the first
American ship equipped with the then-new phenomenon. It still hadn't been
decided whether a Brit or Marconi would get credit for inventing radio.
Quinby traveled to Russia by ship in 1917 or 1918 to help bring out refugees
fleeing the Bolshevik Revolution. Don't know where one could find a copy of
"Ida" now, unless it would be in a library. It would be worth the search. I
guess I say all this, because some of the best people in the world are both
boat people and ham operators. "
> --snip--