[CW] Something Out There-Raddall

[Philip Cala-Lazar]

David,

Though not a radio operator himself, the Australian-born Polar explorer Hubert Wilkins was recognized as a "...natural receiver of radio." "He could be far away from the radio room and pick up the radio messages as they came over the receiving sets inside the room." Quoted passages from: "The Last Explorer" by Simon Nasht. Wilkins also worked with manufacturers to develop lighter and more compact radios for use aboard the aircraft he used during his airborne expeditions.

Ray Meyers, then W3AJZ, served aboard the submarine "Nautilus" during Wilkins 1931 expedition to the North Pole. This story of that venture was covered in the March 2010 issue of the "K9YA Telegraph."

73,

Philip, K9PL
Editor, K9YA Telegraph

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--- On Thu, 5/12/11, cw-request at mailman.qth.net <cw-request at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
>    1. Perhaps OT: History: Hams Help Out -
> Perth Amboy, NJ - 1950
>       (D.J.J. Ring, Jr.)
> 
> Amateur radio has a great and proud history, scientifically
> as well as
> socially, I tend to agree with Thomas Raddall who thought
> that Morse
> operators became aware of "something out there" and became
> to sense
> the presence of the distant operator sending to them in
> Morse.
> Perhaps it is a delusion, but in my mind, I think it may be
> the cause
> of many of the wonderful things that amateur radio
> operators have done
> for the world.