[Elecraft] [OT] A Real SOS

[Doug Smith]

The USNS and the gray hulls in the Ready Reserve fleet all carry R/Os.  
Those ships still have real radio shacks with HF gear in them although 
they get used on Mil frequencies not on maritime freqs.  Also, secure 
satellite, etc.  Need a "Secret" clearance to get the job these days.

I think all the commercial ships dumped R/Os as fast as they could when 
GMDSS came into being.

I actually re-licensed in 2003 and took a couple of ships over the the 
Persian Gulf for OIF-I and OIF-II.  Taking the 2nd Telegraph *again* was 
kinda fun..  [Ending my involvement in the thread now. Sorry to stray so 
far and for so long..]

73,
-Doug, W7KF


On 04/15/2012 10:58 AM, Phil Kane wrote:
> But how many ships still carry "ROs" as we knew them? Any deck officer 
> can operate the radiotelephone or radiotelex. --- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane