[Milsurplus] Carrier Radio Rooms

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Scattered around.  I don't know about the Midway but on the later Essex 
Class the main transmitter room was if I recall correctly, on the 02 or maybe 
03 level toward the forward end of the flight deck, starboard side.  On USS 
Valley Forge (CV-45/CVS-45/LPH-8) there were near the end of her service life 
two AN/WRT-2, two AN/URC-32B and one AN/WRT-1 installed there.  Yorktown as 
best I recall was about the same.  Located in various spaces in the island 
structure were another AN/URC-32, another AN/WRT-1, a space full of TED/RED, 
a space full of AN/VRC-46, one AN/URN-3 and several radar sets.  Plus a TCS 
and a TDQ/RCK pair.  Radio 1, AKA Radio Central was on the 05 level I think 
and contained about a dozen R-390A's, one AN/SRR-19 and several AN/URC-9 
and AN/SRC-21.  Plus AN/URA-8B's, AN/URA-17's and one AN/SGC-1.  No TTY.  Plus 
all of the transmitter and receiver transfer switchboards.  In the late 
60's, the only personnel in the space while underway were a couple of RM's 
whose job was to tune equipment in the space as ordered and to do the patching.  
Most of the TTY gear and all of the TTY Crypto gear was in Main 
Communication which was below Central.  In the late 60's Main Comm was manned by maybe 
a dozen RM and the CWO (Communications Watch Officer, who at that time 
coincidentally was a CWO3).  Main Comm rather than Central was where most 
comminications work was done, except to the helos.  I've not been aboard Lexington 
but assume it was similar.  I'd guess that Midway wasn't too different.

In a message dated 09/19/2011 12:49:23 PM Central Daylight Time, 
telegrapher at q.com writes: 
> Where would the transmitter room be on a carrier?  Is or was the radio 
> room right next to the Admirals cabin the only receiver room or was there 
> another one?  I thought i had read somewhere that there was more than one 
> transmitter room also?  What was Radio Central?  I'm trying to dig up more info 
> concerning the USS Midway.  The radio room next to the Admirals quarters 
> is receivers and patch bays and a multitude of Mod 28's.  I'd like to know 
> where to look for the transmitter room to see what is located in there.
> 

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