[CW] Gibson Girl

[John Barnwell]

I was cruising ebay this evening, and was looking at a Gibson Girl. No, not the vixen beauties from the early days. The little self-contained transmitters which vessels carried to be used once safely afloat in the lifeboat. I recall performing a shipboard training exercise with one of these rascals. Bored everyone to utter tears. Does anyone have personal knowledge of one being used for it's intended purposes? I can't recall if the SOS was sent automatically, or if we had to send by hand? Does anyone recall the power output at full speed hand cranking?At any rate I thought this might be an interesting thread from fellow RM types.73 John Barnwell, Ret. USCG
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