[CW] THE NYMPH AND THE LAMP

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Maybe there should be a warning:  "Warning:  Explicit scenes of high
voltage spark discharge on remote offshore Canadian Island and descriptions
of aerial erection and mast stepping included."

I never said it was a book about radio, it is a novel

 EXTRACTS FROM “THE NYMPH AND THE LAMP” BY THOMAS RADDALL.

The island called "Marina" in the book is actually "Sable Island" - which
is 300 miles south of Cansco, Nova Scotia.

Thomas Raddall was stationed there AT MARCONI RADIO STATION VCF in the
1920's for about a year.

The story is loosely based upon his experience there, and some of the
people mentioned in the book are based on real people, but the events are
changed, things spiced up as after all, this is a book of fiction.

Isabel is a secretary at the MarconiDepot in Halifax who is thought to be
very stuffy and a person who is “no fun” but through a series of events,
she meets Mathew who is on shore leave from Marina Island, and leaves with
him on yet another change of events. Mathew is the OIC – Operator-in-Charge
of Marina Radio.
There are several other operators there also and they provide a 24 hour a
day, 7 days a week radio watch on 600 meters (500 kilocycles or kilohertz).


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73

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On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Found a used copy on Amazon.
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> If this book were a movie, it would be a "chick flick".  Improbable love
> story about a confused 30-year old virgin who suddenly starts sleeping
> around with coastal spark radio operators in the 1920's.
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> Some "radio description content", maybe 10 pages total.
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> *73, de Hans, K0HB*
> *"Just a boy and his radio"*
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