[GreenKeys] Heavy metal...navy style

[Al Murray]

How well I remember these.
I was a fleet radioman in the 60's and 70's.  Don't forget the drawers 
in the LOPs
(local Operating Positions)
one on each side of the mill. We used them for ash trays.  (butt kits)
And...the power supplies would keep your feet from freezing!
For those guys from the 40's and 50's we had TAJ, TBL, and TBK transmitters!
Some of the best morse transmitters I ever used.

URA-8 and URA-17 converters feeding Mod 28s and reperfs.
richard wrote:
> I've been following an interesting thread on the Glowbugs reflector list on 
> table height and configuration with respecte to the proper postion for 
> sending CW and thought this might interest some in the group...nice pix of 
> rtty gear!
>
> Richard kn7sfz
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Ira B. Rothenhoefer
> To: glowbugs
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:54 PM
> Subject: GB> cw op position
>
>
>
> Hi All;
>
>      I had sent these url's to Jason but thought you might like to see them. 
> I think the oval cutout is a good idea, kind of like the
>
>   I found this picture of an actual op position of an old Navy Ship such as 
> I was on.  I was on a Sumner class destroyer with a displacement of 2250 
> tons.  The USS O'Brien DD-725.  And a couple more..
>
> http://www.virhistory.com/navy/ships/kidd-01.jpg
>
> You will notice that the mill is dropped down just a little and the sides 
> are elevated above the mill.  Just the right height  for the arm.  The 
> dropped down part where the mill was located was good to get the knees and 
> thighs up against when the ship rolled and pitched.  The op positions were 
> oriented facing the left and right sides of the ship facing  toward the 
> outside.  That's Port and Starboard.  The bad thing about that is the 
> receivers are mostly not right at your fingertips!!  We mostly used the TCS 
> trans/receiver or I used one of the RBC's.  Maybe one of the RBS receivers 
> from time to time.  Didn't like them much.  When that ship rolled or slammed 
> down on a wave, you could hear it in the receiver.  The sig would maybe 
> quiver or drift a little in either direction...then come back till the next 
> time.  Those receivers were located in the shack, but across the shack or 
> behind the op.
>
> This pic is located at
>
> http://www.virhistory.com/navy/index.htm
>
> http://www.virhistory.com/navy/ship.htm
>
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