[Hallicrafters] 5-letter signals

[Hunter Ellington]

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-----Original Message-----
From: hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of jeremy-ca
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 3:41 PM
To: Thomas C. Dailey - Dailey Services, LLC;
hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] 5-letter signals

BS Yourself.

ALL classified CW traffic was in 5 letter code groups in the USN. The
RM's typed it on a special form and then gave it to the Radio Officer on
watch to take into the decoding room. Replies were handed to the RM's in
5 letter groups to transmit back.

In early 1961 the first on line crypto machines came aboard ship. These
worked off the RTTY converters and printed out on a Model 15 machine for
starters and then the Model 33's and 35's since the 15's came apart when
the speed went from 60 to 100WPM. It took over a year to get the bugs
out of the system and drop the backup CW transmissions.

As the only ET on board with TS Crypto clearance and training on the
decoding box I spent many hours keeping that crap running. I was in the
radio room when the first traffic came across ordering our group in the
Meditarranean to hightail it to Cuba.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas C. Dailey - Dailey Services, LLC"
<daileyservices at qwest.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 3:45 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] 5-letter signals


> BS!  The only signals used by radio TELEGRAPH ops were "Q" and "Z" 
> signals. ZUE means affirmative, ZUG means negative, and so forth.
>
> "Routing Indicators" were used for teletype (on and off line), and
WERE 
> 5-letters, but based on the central distribution station they came
from -
>
> i.e RUWD during the mid-60's was Naval Relay Station, San Diego.
>
> RUWDE was Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Center, SDIEGO (us) - RUWDG, 
> RUWDAF, RUWDB, RUWDC, etc.  went to other commands.
>
> Perhaps this is what he is thinking, but to my knowledge there were
NEVER 
> 5-letter signals among civilian or military ops.
>
> TCD
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