[CW] Bugs on aircraft ?

[stan levandowski]

I'm a former Navy radioman.  I went to "high speed Morse" Class C school 
in 1967.  Yes, bugs required obtaining a special credential.  And yes, 
the bugs used aboard ship were government property.  By 1967 Morse was 
still used but much less than in earlier years, having been supplanted 
by ciphered RTTY.


Bugs were much more common in earlier eras (WWII).  Another comment: 
 Navy shipboard operations were about 90% listening, for example to the 
Fleet Broadcast where you listened for either your own callsign or for 
messages addressed to all ships.


The Navy RMs at shore stations did a whole lot more sending than those 
of us aboard ship and in would follow that bugs were more common at 
those duty stations (eg. NSS).


73, Stan WB2LQF


On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 08:26 PM, Ron Youvan wrote:

>  Jim abqcooks--- via CW wrote:
>
>> This weekend I get to tour a WWII B-17 bomber.  I'm looking at 
>> pictures
>> on the web
>> of the radio op desk and I see a straight key.  I'm wondering if bugs
>> were ever used on WWII aircraft.  Anyone know ?
>
>   I don't know, but:
>   I worked with a Ex-navy man that used a bug on the ship (he was the
> high speed operator) that was part of the ship.  (not his)
> -- 
>   Ron  KA4INM - Youvan's corollary:
>                 Every action results in unwanted side effects.
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