[Elecraft] RE:CW puzzle... From circa 1950

[COLIN WHITMORE]

Both BBC and PBS have done fairly extensive stories on this 1947 accident in 
the Andes. Interestingly enough, magazines, UFO groups, and even songs have 
a tie to this event and STENDEC. Before you burn too many hours seeking the 
answer go to the links below and review the stories, theories, and comments. 
You will find it most intriguing.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vanished/stendec.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2000/vanished_stendec.shtml

Cheers,
Colin
N0YGY

From: "73 de M3MPH" <m3mph@hotmail.com>

Greetings all

This might be of interest to the CW ops, OM and aviation historians out 
there who's experience and knowledge may shed some light on a mystery that 
happened about 53 years ago....

An aircraft, a civilian adaption of a Lancaster bomber, with a British crew, 
got lost and flew into a mountain in cloud. The reason is still unknown but 
the last message it sent in CW was copied as;

S T E N D E C <message ended>

Could this have been miscopied for another lesser known abbreviation? Were 
there any competing or precursors to the "Q" codes that would have been 
known to probably ex military pilots, crew, radio op?

Any suggestions, ideas or theories...

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