[Milsurplus] Low Frequency Operation

[Bruce]

Hello,

Please note the last sentence below:

http://www.jacksjoint.com/the_last_mission_of_the_alexander_hamilton.htm

"The Alexander Hamilton’s Last Mission"
By William A. Ogletree

"The admiral and his staff lived on a tall-masted sailing vessel, once an 
Astor yacht, tied up in the Reykjavik Harbor. The radio cabin was well 
equipped with Navy transmitters and receivers, and the masts supported the 
antenna system. The call sign was NOI. We had a lot of traffic with 
Washington and Task Force Commanders in the Atlantic. Messages to NERK (any 
and all U.S. naval ships) were received and transmitted by NOI and the 
constant stream of Fox messages from NSS (Naval Radio Station, Cheltenham, 
Maryland) had to be copied. Reception on short-wave often failed in 
magnetic storms that affected the ionosphere, and we had to copy NSS on a 
very low frequency, about 16 kcs., where the signal came in day and night, 
but the high background noise level caused operator fatigue".

73, Bruce WA8TNC