[Milsurplus] HRO

[Nick England]

The “Keep ‘em barefoot and out of the radio room” conspiracy seems unlikely
to me too.
My reading is that practically all of the WW2 British Y Service CW
intercept operators were women (WRENS). Same thing for the Canadian Navy
intercept operators (some interesting stories on Jerry Proc’s great site).
I don’t know about US forces other than Pacific region intercept stations
which were USN enlisted men.
Coil storage was no problem. RAS tabletop racks have ps, rcvr, coil
storage, speaker.
HRO/RAS were used shipboard too
http://www.navy-radio.com/rcvrs/images/ww2-nat-ad-1945-1412.JPG

My $0.001 worth
Nick


On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 5:48 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> Bruce, seems uh, a little bit on the conspiracy theory side. Conspiracy
> theories can't be supported well.
> I think most if not all, intercept operators were male. I think this can
> be documented. Women DID handle
> some CW circuits, but a small minority of circuits. Women DID serve as
> radio instructors at military bases,
> but I think Morse code instructors rather than theory or maintenance. I am
> happy to see any evidence new
> to me.
> Possibly another item of history that hasn't been explained well enough
> yet.
> -Hue
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Nick England K4NYW
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