[MRCA] WWI Signal Corps Film and Field Day question for the group...

Fri May 1 15:04:25 EDT 2020

I kind of like all of the information about the early Signal Corps days, so
thanks Ray.

General question for the group..

Most of the usual HAM clubs in my area and closer to New York City have
cancelled their Field Day gatherings this year, are you guys hearing similar
things where you are?

I plan on taking either my M-1009 Blazer radio truck or the M-109 bigger
radio truck out to my local R&G club for some lake camping and radio time,
and inviting a couple of the guys form my local HAM club to join in if they
wish.

Ken

KD2GFM

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Subject: Re: [MRCA] WWI Signal Corps Film

Millers "Photographic History of the Civil War" has one volume that has the
Signal Corps that has multiple photographs of different signal towers built
during the war. Was looking at it because of the conversation.  Several huge
seventy five or hundred feet tall towers for signaling. There is also a
chapter on telegraph operations and the Balloon service.

Observation Balloons were used throughout the war and imagine maybe the
Wright Flyer was seen as a extension of the balloons? So that would be the
grounds for evaluation at a later date.

Find it interesting in the Civil War telegraph operators were civilian
employees and many of the military did not trust them as such, also that it
was forbidden for any military members to be authorized or know how the
ciphers worked.

I got a key, sounder and a wet cell battery and maybe if someone else can
bring theirs out to Gilbert this year we can do a real vintage
communications set up!

Forty or fifty years ago had a TG-5 but never did anything with it and
traded it away, would kind of like to have another just to play around with
today. Assume that they were built to work with existing signal wire land
line telegraph circuits?

Friday are slow days, not that any have been busy with this Covid stuff and
staying at home so it gives me an excuse to write about obscure and arcane
things and try to push forward into the past.

 Wont put up any more random thoughts!

Ray F/KA3EKH

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Subject: Re: [MRCA] WWI Signal Corps Film 

Further to my initial email (below) on the subject:
http://www.wright-brothers.org/History_Wing/Wright_Story/Showing_the_World/B
ack_in_Air/Signal_Corps_Spec.htm   

73 de

Gene Smar  AD3F

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Subject: Re: [MRCA] WWI Signal Corps Film

Signal Corps also was the Wright brothers first customer. SC purchased a
couple of the original designs and test  flew them in the DC area. 

73 de

Gene Smart AD3F

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Subject: [MRCA] WWI Signal Corps Film
Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2020 8:25 PM

Hi Ken,

The Signal Corps was the Army's IT department since about 1861.  They
trained photographers and cinematographers.

AQl

On 4/30/2020 7:36 PM, Ken Krausgill wrote:

That's fantastic Al, thank you for sending it out to us!

Super clean footage too!

Ken

KD2GFM

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Subject: [MRCA] WWI Signal Corps Film

Folks,

I stumbled upon a film on the National Archive site of Signal Corps Training
in 1918.  Of course it's silent, and it's just a collection of clips without
much information.  I've added some comments, identifying what things I
could.

Take a look on my site:
http://www.ar88.net/sc/Sig_Corps_Training_1918_Rev_0-1.m4v  

Let me know if you have anything to add or correct.  Can anyone identify the
locations?  A college or whatever near the beginning, and a major base, and
a parade in a city later on.

Enjoy,
Al

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Jersey City, NJ
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Jersey City, NJ
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