[CW] Grimeton Radio SAQ Transmission on 24. October 2021

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

Richard,

There was also an alternator transmitter at New Brunswick, NJ (callsign
WII) Belmar, NJ was the receiver site.
https://infoage.org/history-ia/historical-resources/radio-reminiscences-a-half-century-by-a-hoyt-taylor/
as noted the alternator no longer exists.

If any of our members are in the area, InfoAge Museum is there now, I had
the pleasure of attending an opening of an exhibit constructed by the
Veteran Wireless Operators Association http://vwoa.org on April 13, 3017 in
which the SOS and rescue of the burning cruise ship ms PRINSENDAM was
prominently featured. I'm seen in the attached photographs with my donation
of copies of my handwritten SOS logbook from T/T WILLIAMSBURGH/WGOA and a
copy of the original SOS I copied down on a piece of paper which was signed
by my Chief Radio Officer, (CRO) James N. Pfister, NS1L, and MS
PRINSENDAM's Chief Radio Officer (CRO), Jack A. A. van der Zee, of Beek,
Netherlands who we rescued from lifeboat and who found our warm radio room,
and myself.

WILLIAMSBURGH's (CRO), Jim Pfister offered his bunk to Jack who in the
middle of the night, woke up, and opened the adjoining door to the radio
room to find me stretched out on the deck under the radio room operating
desk which shielded the "always on" emergency lighting on the overhead
(landlubber translation: ceiling) from my eyes so I could sleep. I had
given up my double wide bunk to five women whom we rescued.

CRO van der Zee woke me up and said: "Is this how American ships keep
watch?"  Jack had forgotten that our ship was a cargo ship (1200 foot by
143 foot beam (wide) oil tanker) and we only were required to have 8 hour
live watch with 16 hours guarded by auto alarm watch receiver!


73

DR
N1EA
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