[MilCom] CAPE RADIO THIS IS TRAVELER OVER

[Mac McCormick III]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Van Horn" <n5fpw at brmemc.net>
>> CAPE RADIO  THIS IS TRAVELER OVER..  0:827 eastern time.  Who is
>> Traveler?
> 
> Rober E. Lee's horse! ;-)

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this.  Actually, I 
    looked through the USN ships based at Mayport hoping
    to find something that might link to the callsign when I heard 
    it about 6 months ago (see more below).  The USS Gettysburg
    was a possibility, but it just seemed like a participating  (and
    the losing) General's horse's name for a callsign seemed like
    a stretch.

> Seriously, never been heard before probably a tac call Stavro that won't
> cross.

    Back in December 2004 and in February 2005, I heard 
    INVADER JACKs working TRAVELER in the Sealord
    Warning areas off of the GA/FL coast.  I was never 
    able to ID TRAVELER at that time.  I guessed it to be a
    USN Ship because they were conducting ops on 277.800 
    and 249.800, which are usual operating frequencies for
    the Invader Jacks and USN Ships for training ops.

Mac
Savannah, GA