[CW] The FBI CW Radio Network

[w9oj at indy.rr.com]

I went to work in the Indiana State Police radio shop in 1982. There were a couple of guys there who had retired at age 55 (mandatory at the time)
and were rehired as civilian employees. They both had 2nd class radiotelegraph licenses on the wall and had been active in CW State Police nets
which were long gone before I hired in. They used a transmitter which had a 4-1000A in the final. I have no idea what that transmitter was.

73 de Mike W9OJ

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From: cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net <cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Richard Knoppow
Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 2021 4:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [CW] The FBI CW Radio Network

    Its a vague memory but I think there were several state police radio networks in the U.S. AFAIK these were voice but there may well have been some CW. There were state and interstate Teletype networks but these were wire. There is considerable history to the police use of radio. Many departments were resistant to it at first.