[Milsurplus] RTTY equiptment on WWII subs

[Joe Munson]

Mike,

A ham friend of mine did a lot of wiring, radar installation, etc on the USS
Pampanito, now a museum ship locatd in San Francisco, and told me it had TTY
gear installed.   If you do a search on USS Pampanito Tour, a site comes up
with a Quick Time movie tour of the sub.  Just click on the radio room and
scroll a complete 360 degree view of such.  It shows a TTY setup.Down in the
text, they describes every piece of radio gear installed, including the
specs for it.  For the most part all orginal to the ship, including the
radars, etc that Conrad installeld.


Joe Munson
WA4VAG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
> To my knowledge, WWII US submarines carried no RATT gear.  US submarine
operations were primarily in the far-Pacific, which would make a Florida
station somewhat misplaced.  WWII submarines spent most of their sea time on
the surface, so HF communications circuits would have been available and
easily used.