[Milsurplus] Treas Island Naval Radio Call letters??

[Howard Holden]

NSS was the call for Washngton 
DC comm station

NERK is the call for any/all ships. 

NQO is the call for any shore station.

Howie WB2AWQ

-----Original Message----- 
From: C.Whitaker 
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 10:47 AM 
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Treas Island Naval Radio Call letters?? 

de WB2CPN
I thought NPG was Guam.
And NSS was a call to all ships.
Clete

On 8/5/2013 11:16 AM, Mike Morrow wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>
>> I have some photos of what I think was the comm station on TI.
>> In one photo is shown the call letters NDW up on a wall with a
>> line up of receivers below it. Are these the call letters used
>> for TI??
> Nick wrote:
>
>> Here we go - a 1958 QSL card from NDW Treasure Island
>>
>> http://www.virhistory.com/navy/qsl/qsl-reserve-06.jpg
> Ah...the ham station was using a TBL and an AN/SRR-13.
>
> The odd thing is, there's a very obscure website :-) that has
> this information for pre-1941:
>
>    http://www.virhistory.com/navy/commsta/radsta-prewar.htm
>
> At that time NDW was assigned to Cape Hatteras, NC.  There is
> no indication of a USN coast station at Treasure Island.
>
> Stations like San Francisco/Mare Island (NPG), Norfolk (NAM),
> and Annapolis (NSS) kept the same call signs at least into the
> 1980s, but I guess NDW got reassigned.
>
> Mike / KK5F
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