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

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Note the call sign of KKD  SS COMIE ??? Is example of three letter ship
callsigns.

73

DR

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018, 04:53 Paul N6EV <Paul at n6ev.com> wrote:

> 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.
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> Have a look at the key here:
> http://n6ev.com/key-collection/bugs/river-of-doubt-bug
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> And the half-finished article here:
> http://n6ev.com/dyott/The_Story_DRAFT.pdf
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> 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).
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> I hope you enjoy the journey of discovery about this bug as much as I have.
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> 73  Paul  N6EV
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> http://N6EV.com/
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