[CW] What's the value of listening to vintage Maritime CW Recordings??

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

John K2IZ, mentioned SS UNITED STATES/KJEH, unfortunately all her radio
officers have passed with only one remaining, Radio Officer Rick Ostrowski,
N2NA of Maine.

Here's some photos of that beautiful ship:

[image: RO's KJEH[1].jpg]
*Left to Right*
Chief Radio Officer Leslie Greer
Radio Officer William Holland
Radio Officer Earl Foster
Senior First Radio Officer Robert Theander
Radio Officer Stephn Gray
Radio Officer William Walker
Radio Officer Paul MacCarthy

*Paul MacCarthy is seated at the main CW operating position*

[image: N2NARadio Officer SS United States 5x6[1].jpg]

R/O Rick Ostrowski (N2NA) on deck with his uniform.

[image: Mackay MSG KJEH sent.jpg]
Message sent to amateur radio station K6KPH colocated with KPH Point Reyes,
CA by former R/O of SS UNITED STATES/KCEJ N2NA Richard Ostrowski.


[image: Paul sending msg.jpg]


[image: Radio Room ssb psn.png]
Standing - Radio officer Paul MacCarthy
Rear seated - Radio Officer Bill Walker
Bill is working the RCA ET-8063 SSB radio
which was used to make ship-to-shore radiotelephone calls with Ocean Gate,
NJ Radio / WOO (AT&T).

The 500kHz transmitter was an ET 8016 with a pair of 833 valves in the final


[image: RCA ET-8063[1].jpg]
The RCA ET-8063 SSB Transmitter mentioned above.


[image: msg-gbtt-de-kjeh-22sep1967.jpg]
Historic last message from Captain John S. Tucker, Master United States to
his countrpart on RMS Queen Mary/GBTT on their final Eastbound
Transatlantic Crossing on September 22, 1967 on medium frequency 468/468
GBTT/KJEH.


The above message was sent by Radio Officer Roy Cattell
witnessed by Senior First Radio Officer Paul MacCarthy
and transmitted on 468kHz.

A copy of RCA's Radiomarine magazine July 1952 featuring an article about
SS UNITED STATES/KCEJ mentioning R/O Arthur D. Anderson.

You can hear a recording of that very message here, if your Morse isn't
quite up to commercial standards, be sure to turn on "Closed Captioning" as
I have supplied a "Morse Code Libretto" or translation.
https://youtu.be/wlO87EhiC8k?t=969

You might want to watch the entire video:
https://youtu.be/wlO87EhiC8k

73

DR
N1EA
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