[CW] Fwd: Book Review: Radio History Ship Shore

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

*Radio History Ship Shore*
by Spurgeon G. Roscoe
<https://books.friesenpress.com/store/search?q=Spurgeon%20G.%20Roscoe&match=author>
Highly recommended by Marine Radio Historian, David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA

https://amzn.to/3BTPNNO

>From flags and pennants to Morse code and complex telecommunications, Radio
History Ship to Shore is a treatise on the navigational aids vessels have
used over the centuries. Author Spurgeon “Spud” G. Roscoe takes the reader
on a journey through the evolution of communication systems globally, from
the days of Columbus to modern times.

Roscoe also mines his first-hand experience as a radio officer who sailed
on a dozen ships, including a reproduction of the ill-fated HMS Bounty. Now
in his eighties, he has been meticulously collecting the content for Radio
History Ship to Shore for more than five decades. The result is a hefty
tome in which Roscoe shares his encyclopedic knowledge and unyielding
fascination with communications systems. The book includes all the vessels
in the RCMP marine section (and, later, marine division), the RCAF marine
squadrons, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Government Merchant
Marine, and the Canadian Coast Guard, including the weather ships, and
icebreakers.

Radio History Ship to Shore is complemented by a wealth of historic photos
of everything from warships to Canada’s famous Bluenose schooner.
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Spurgeon G. Roscoe has been fascinated with living the life of a radio
operator since the age of seventeen. In fact, he became so enthralled with
his work, one year he was at home for only six weeks. Although he
officially retired years ago, Roscoe’s interest in the navigational aids
and communications systems used by ships has never waned. He belongs to a
number of organizations, including the Halifax Amateur Radio Club, American
Radio Relay League, Radio Amateurs of Canada, The Nova Scotia Lighthouse
Preservation Society, and the California Historical Radio Society.

Spurgeon G. Roscoe lives with Joan, his beloved wife of 61 years, in
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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