[CW] Navy Radio

D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via CW cw at mailman.qth.net
Fri Feb 13 14:11:48 EST 2015


Stan,

USS SLATER Radio Room
http://www.ussslater.org/tour/decks/superstr/radio-rm/radio.html

On USS SLATER, the new photo of the R/R
http://www.ussslater.org/tour/decks/superstr/radio-rm/images/radio_3.jpg
shows two Royal typewriters with wrinkle paint, that model had glass topped
keys, and they are excellent typewriters, but I have never seen that model
with communications keyboard - all caps and slashed zero.

Are they MILL keyboards?

If so they must be excellent as that model Royal is one of the best
typewriters ever made.

73
David N1EA


On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 2:00 PM, stan levandowski via CW <cw at mailman.qth.net
> wrote:

> Yeah, maybe Brian Williams did the interview...
>
> In any case, aboard the USS SLATER we've got a rare RCA TBL-8 paired with
> an RBC and it's a lot older than theirs!  We're working on removing a
> stubborn chirp from the oscillator at this time.  We don't use it routinely
> either but ONE man can handle the LM freq meter, the RBC and the TBL-8.
> Check out WW2DEM at qrz.com for pix and info.
>
> 73,
> Stan WB2LQF
> former RM2 USS BOXER
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Radio K0HB via CW wrote:
>
> Here is a quote from a recent ARRL Letter, talking about radios on the
> museum ship USS Iowa.  My comment follows the quote.
>
> --------
>
> The AN/URT-23(C) transmitters, he joked, are "built like a battleship,"
> with a pair of 4CX1500Bs in the final and nominally capable of putting out
> a couple of kilowatts. He noted that once the Gray Radio Gang has confirmed
> the signal paths for the various shipboard transmitters and receivers, it
> will be able to put a transmitter/receiver pair in operation for certain
> special events. "At this time it's unlikely that we will use the original
> radio equipment for 'routine' Amateur Radio operations, as it's very
> manpower intensive, requiring at least six people to operate," Jerzycke
> explained.
>
> --------
>
> I am certain this fellow (Jerzycke) must have been misquoted.
>
> "Manpower intensive"???? "Six people"????  SIX????  To operate a single
> transmitter/receiver pair????
>
>  My greenest RMSN could tune up a URT-23 in a minute or two from a cold
> start!  It's an auto-tune rig, basically only requiring the operator to
> select the frequency and mode.  The companion reciever (R-1051) is
> similarly uncomplicated to operate.
>
> Navy ships, like a destroyer, had several of these transmitters, a
> selection of several other models, plus assorted cryptos, teletype,
> satellite rigs, and internal messaging equipment and processes.  A typical
> watch section on duty, responsible for ALL that equipment and ongoing
> circuit operations usually consisted of 5 or less Radiomen.  If we'd needed
> 6 men per-pair per-watch-section our entire Radio Gang would have needed a
> tow-behind barracks barge to carry them all the RM's!
>
> 73,de Hans K0HB
> Master Chief Radioman, US Navy
>
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