[CW] Ship Radio Room clock
Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Sun Jan 9 16:54:16 EST 2022
I said in my post that the green segments were for great
lakes shipping, wrong. You are correct they were for
radio-telephone emergency silent periods.
On 1/9/2022 9:24 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> For those who might wish to make their own Radio Room or Maritime
> Deck Clock, here are some made by myself and Dan Zeitlan, K2YWE.
>
> My files are PDF vector files which don't get jagged if resized
> and come in red sector only, red and green sectors, and deck
> clock versions.
>
> https://archive.org/details/rrclocks/ArrclockRG/
> <https://archive.org/details/rrclocks/ArrclockRG/>
>
> Red sectors were 500 kHz silence periods, green sectors were 2182
> kHz silence periods where stations were to NOT transmit and
> listen for SOS / MAYDAY.
>
> Patterns to make your own Maritime Radio Room 12 hour clock.
> Files from Dan Zeitlan, K2YWE and David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA.
> N1EA's files are vector artwork which can be opened in vector art
> program or PDF reader.
>
> The K2YWE clock is sized in the pdf for the Ikea RUSCH clock,
> which is currently 1.99 USD online. (Early 2018)
>
> There is also a file called marclock.pdf which is a typical
> marine clock of the same type as the Radio Room clock, but
> without the silent period sectors of red, or red and green. Use
> this if you just want a maritime type clock.
>
> *CLICK THE LINKS BELOW TO GO TO THE FILE FOR THE CLOCK FACE. *My
> files (N1EA) are in vector PDF format and will not distort or
> "staircase" when enlarging.
>
> *High Resolution Raster graphic PDF files* from K2YWE.
>
> <https://archive.org/download/rrclocks/K2YWE_Maritime_Clock.pdf>
> K2YWE type red sector R/R clock
> <https://archive.org/download/rrclocks/K2YWE_Maritime_Clock.pdf>.
>
>
> <https://archive.org/download/rrclocks/rrclockred1.pdf>
> *VECTOR (scalable) graphic PDF and SVG files* from N1EA.
>
> Red Sectors ONLY
> N1EA type red sector R/R clock PDF (vector) file.
> <https://archive.org/download/rrclocks/rrclockred.pdf>
> N1EA type red sector R/R clock svg (vector) file.
> <https://archive.org/download/rrclocks/rrclockred.svg>
>
> Both Green & Red Sectors.
> N1EA type red and green sector R/R clock PDF (vector) file.
> <https://archive.org/download/rrclocks/rrclockRG.pdf>
> N1EA type red and green sector R/R clock svg (vector) file.
> <https://archive.org/download/rrclocks/rrclockRG.svg>
>
> Just a "Marine Clock" with no radio room sectors, like the deck
> clocks.
> N1EA type marine clock (no sectors) markings.
> <https://archive.org/download/rrclocks/marclock.pdf>
> N1EA type marine clock (no sectors) markings svg (vector) file.
> <https://archive.org/download/rrclocks/marclock.svg>
>
> 73
>
> DR
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 9, 2022 at 12:16 PM abqcooks--- via CW
> <cw at mailman.qth.net <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>
> So here's a dumb question. My clock has silent periods
> marked Hans but yours doesn't. Did military ships not have
> to observe silent periods ? And do you think the one I
> posted a picture of is perhaps from a merchant marine ship ?
> I love the history but I don't know it all ...yet.
> Oh and I have a Bureau of Ships Navy comparing watch
> (Hamilton 2974) that has an early serial #. #23 made in
> 1940/1. Jim N5KY
>
> Sent from the all new AOL app for Android
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>
> On Sun, Jan 9, 2022 at 9:31 AM, Hans Brakob
> <kzerohb at gmail.com <mailto:kzerohb at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Someone asked “Why 24 hour format?”
>
> Answer: Because it was always ZULU-time in the radio shack.
>
> 73, de Hans, KØHB
> “Just a Boy and his Radio”™
> Master Chief Radioman, US Navy (Ret)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> <mailto:cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> <cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> <mailto:cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net>> on behalf of
> abqcooks--- via CW <cw at mailman.qth.net
> <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>>
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 9, 2022 10:05:56 AM
> *To:* CW Reflector <cw at mailman.qth.net
> <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>>
> *Subject:* [CW] Ship Radio Room clock
>
> Greetings Gents,
> Here's a photo of a wall clock I have in the shack.
> Supposedly it dates to WW2 and was on a Navy ship.
> Since there's been chatter about coastal stations and
> such I thought I would post this photo. Note it's
> marked Mackay Radio. Any old timers seen a clock like
> this ??
>
>
> Jim N5KY
>
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WB6KBL
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