[Milsurplus] WW2 Navy Communication Procedure Signals booklet

[Mike Morrow]

Howie wrote:

>Interesting also, the instructions ... didn't mention mixing Z and Q sigs, which was
>verboten in my days as a CW op (1967-1970). Never understood why, Z sigs were not
>classified.

That's odd...US Navy-Marine Corps MARS during that same time had a communications
procedure called DNC-8, which was said to reflect standard USN protocol.  It had
no prohibition against Z and Q signal mixing.  The standard MARS Morse net check-in
was something like "N0GAD DE N0LTD ZKE QRU K". (N0xyz calls weren't ham calls back then.)

Twenty years later when I was a member of Army MARS, a bulletin was sent to all
encouraging familiarity with Z signals.  I then checked in to a MARS RATT net with
"...DE AAT6UI ZKE QRU K".  After a long pause in which no doubt the net control was
looking up "ZKE", he replied that it was inappropriate for RATT net use.  Go figure.

Mike / KK5F
(ZKE=CHECK IN TO NET, QRU=NO TRAFFIC)