[CW] Navy Radio

Fri Feb 13 15:14:09 EST 2015

Not having served aboard a ship, I would have no idea, but know that on 
land, I ran up to 16-20 transmitters at a time, from 10 KW up to 40 kw, 
by myself on night shifts, and had one local with me on days.  TTY to 
the Reciever site, where they passed QSYS down to us, and we manually 
tuned them all up.  We also had a Generator tech, outside in another 
building, and could holler for help if an adder bit us.  Some guys, on 
nights would sack out with their heads on the tty machine, and when it 
went off, they woke up.  I was to scared to do that.  I knew a guy or 
two that would crawl up on the rack top of the central console and nap - 
but then you couldn't readily hear the tty machine.   We often had to 
phone them, in that case.  No one else out there to bother us.  Our T 
site was at Nea Makri Naval Station at Marathon, but somewhat away from 
all the Navy activities, and our Receiver site across the mountains.

> D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via CW <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Friday, February 13, 2015 2:11 PM
> 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
>
>
>
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> stan levandowski via CW <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Friday, February 13, 2015 2:00 PM
> 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:
>
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> Radio K0HB via CW <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Friday, February 13, 2015 12:07 PM
> 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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