[CW] Gibson Girl

[Radio Station K0HB]

Not aware of any instance when they were used "for real" but it would surprise me if they weren't.

Navy versions could be keyed automatically, or manually.  Output power was around 5w on 500kc and about half that on 8364kc.

My first RMC, a WWII veteran, claimed the first ones in the Navy were captured Kraut units, which we then copied.

73,

de Hans, K0HB
--
"Just a boy and his radio"


On Nov 17, 2012, at 20:50, John Barnwell <radioniner at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 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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