[GreenKeys] Re: NAVY MORSE code

[Roy Morgan]

At 09:02 PM 3/5/2006, Don Robert House wrote:
>...
>When I was transferred to the ASCAC on the USS Randolph CVS-15 we had
>an AN/ARC-97 installed in our space to talk directly to S2F
>technicians and some of the helo techs that operated dipping SONAR
>(Not a good assignment.)

I was on the Randolph as a Midshipman, and later flew H-3's in that dipping 
sonar business.

Roy



>Does everyone out there know why a "Navy" key is designed the way it
>is?  I suppose so...

1) knob shaped so you can continue to send code even in rough seas or if 
airborne if in thunderstorm turbulence.

2) Insulated so you don't get a shock from the transmitter.

Roy



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