[Milsurplus] CW "de" ?

[Jack Antonio]

On 6/4/2016 8:27 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:
> So this from "Digest of Naval Communications 1928", p 75:
>
> " (a) The Call, which consists of the call(s) of the station(s) called (in alphabetical order)

  followed by "V" ( from ) and the call sign of the station calling."

> However, i did consult "Marine Radio Manual", Strachwitz, 1943, and so it's yes, "DE" is the marine radio "from".
> -Hue


I did a little more digging, and found in my ROIF
(Radio Operatiors Information File) from March of 1945,
that V is also listed there as the prosign for "from".

Both of these manuals I referenced were Army Aviation based.
I thought I had a manual for general Army communications practices
during the war years, but am going to have to go searching for it.

So it appears that both V and DE were in use during the WWII years.

The Old Military Radio Net on 3570 uses the V, but
no one gets upset if a DE sneaks in here or there.

Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4