[Milsurplus] [Glowbugs] WWII code proficiency

[Hubert Miller]

I have to wonder if that rule was held thru the war, or alternately, if it was universally held to.
I recall reading a Navy memoir ( "Navy Retread", i think it was ) that said Navy "Fox" broadcasts were sent at 15 wpm
until sometime mid-war when the speed was increased to 20 wpm due to increased messages. 
I recently came across some kind of article on Army ground radioman training; it said at least some percentage of radio trainees, maybe all, i don't recall,
reached 35 wpm. I'll have to try to see where i saw that. I think this is a quite interesting topic.
Also i seem to recall another book "Departure Message" suggesting that some hotshot ground - air radio operators overseas in the 1950s - 1960s used bugs.
I have somewhere a USAAF certificate that allowed the holding R.O. to use a 'bug'. My intention is to someday scan it and process out the name, so you
can print it and issue it to yourself. 
This is of wider interest so i think i'll forward it to two military radio groups for comment.
-Hue Miller 


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From: tetrode at googlegroups.com [mailto:tetrode at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Maynard Wright
Sent: Friday, June 3, 2016 6:37 PM
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Subject: [Glowbugs] WWII code proficiency

I found a book in a thrift shop titled "Air-Age Education Series - Science of Pre-Flight Aeronautics," by the Aviation Education Research Project, Teachers College, Columbia University, copyright 1942, printed by Macmillan, 1943.

The book is a volume that contains seven separate books on various 
aeronautical subjects for a total of 868 pages.   Six of the books have 
different men listed as authors.   The book "Communications," though, is 
attributed only to the "Committee on Communications," with no human authors 
listed.   This book is only 33 pages in length.  An interesting statement, at 
least to me, is that all crew members of a Flying Fortress, except for the tail gunner, are required to be able to handle 20 wpm and that 20 wpm is the 
requirement for a "pilot's rating."   If a crew member can send and receive at 
10 wpm prior to training, he will be excused.   I've never seen any reference 
to this requirement in the past.

The radio technology section is pretty brief and covers diodes and triode 
tubes, going no further than that in grid count.   Superhets are covered at 
the block diagram level.


73,


Maynard
W6PAP



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