[CW] A key with an amazing history - The River of Doubt bug

[Paul N6EV]

Speaking of old keys with ship callsigns scratched on them, I have a 1920 Vibroplex Original with an amazing history scratched on the bottom.  I started to write an article about it a few years ago but got sidetracked by work half way through.  I’ve been able to trace all the ship’s callsigns, included images and a bit of history of each.   The highlight inscription though, is not a ship at all.  It’s “GMD”, the callsign used by the 1926 Dyott-Roosevelt Expedition down the Amazon’s ‘River of Doubt’.   This well documented scientific expedition retraced Theodore Roosevelt’s 1914 expedition down the uncharted ‘River of Doubt’ to confirm his findings.  

 

Have a look at the key here:  http://n6ev.com/key-collection/bugs/river-of-doubt-bug

And the half-finished article here: http://n6ev.com/dyott/The_Story_DRAFT.pdf

 

As you will see by the references at the end of the article, I’ve collected a ton of documentation.  In addition, I need to obtain a complete set of copies of the Dyott Expedition photos from the Library of Congress.  When things settle after retirement in a couple months, I hope to return to this project and finish the article (publication TBD).

 

I hope you enjoy the journey of discovery about this bug as much as I have.

 

73  Paul  N6EV

http://N6EV.com/

 

 

 

 

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