[CW] Coast Guard Radsta Westport, Washington...NMW

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

You should have come aboard, you'd have 20 years with a bit of luck, and
we'd have a great R/O.

Thanks again fur the interesting story about CW.

73

DR

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020, 23:37 John Barnwell <radioniner at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well David I could not remember exactly how long that auto alarm duration
> was, but knew it was around 5 seconds. Regarding the Prinsendam, I reported
> aboard the Cutter Mellon in 1980 after my tour at NMR. The Prinsendam event
> was just before I reported aboard, but I was able to read through all of
> the logs pertaining to that event. It was almost like being there, All
> Mellon RM’s filled me in on the rest of the story. When I mention my DDD
> SOS event and the emotions, I was also thinking of you and what you were
> experiencing that night as well. The Prinsendam was one of, if not the
> greatest success stories in modern maritime history. If I recall correctly,
> no casualties….everyone survived. Lots of elderly folks onboard, and
> lifeboats lowered into a pretty significant sea state…..15 to 20ft seas?
>
> At one time, I was considering a RO career post Coast Guard. I had visions
> of world travel. The dismantling of the merchant RO’s and automation killed
> that dream.
>
> 73 John
>
> > On Jul 13, 2020, at 8:11 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
> >
> > John,
> >
> > I think we have several RM''s ex NMR on this list.
> >
> > The ONLY recording of the 4 second auto alarm dashes on the Internet
> > happens to be the one that I got from NOJ Kodiak, AK from the
> > PRINSENDAM SOS and rescue of October, 4, 1980.
> > https://qsl.net/n1ea/sos_de_pjta_small_file_size.mp3
> >
> > I have a whole treasure trove of PRINSENDAM stuff on archive.org.
> >
> > Thanks for the post, sad memories, but your handling the SOS was a
> > proud moment.  ZUT.
> >
> > 73
> > DR
> >
> > N1EA
>
>
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