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

[ROBERT DOHERTY]

Dave ... thanks ...   a fascinating story ... I am going to print it out and file it in our wireless history folder ...

It is worth saving .....  


Whitey  K1VV  



> On June 18, 2018 at 7:14 AM "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
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>     Note the call sign of KKD  SS COMIE ??? Is example of three letter ship callsigns.
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>     73
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>     DR 
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>     On Mon, Jun 18, 2018, 04:53 Paul N6EV <Paul at n6ev.com mailto:Paul at n6ev.com > wrote:
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>         > > 
> >         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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> >          
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> >         73  Paul  N6EV
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> >         http://N6EV.com/
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