[Milsurplus] SID 12/7/41

Mike Morrow kk5f at earthlink.net
Sun Jan 10 19:02:49 EST 2010


John wrote

>How long was delivery of the news to DC delayed?  (I don't know the
>time of the attack, and I don't know the time zone of "4P".)
>
>What does "RCA Radiogram" mean?  Does it mean HF radio, but a better
>HF radio system than the "Army HF system"?
>
>Were these two HF radio systems the only means of comm. between Hawaii
>and North America at that time?  Was there no sea-bottom cable?!

This report seems unlikely.  There has been submarine cable service from
the US continent to Hawaii since 1902!

Mike / KK5F


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