[MRCG] MRCG 2015 wrap-up

[Nick England]

Well 1947 is what the Navy's web page says
http://www.public.navy.mil/fcc-c10f/nctamslant/Pages/OSCARLogoHistory.aspx

- but clearly the 1945 Know Your PT Boat illustration came first.


Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> *http://www.navy-radio.com/misc/plaque-norfolk-1401.jpg
> <http://www.navy-radio.com/misc/plaque-norfolk-1401.jpg>Oscar the Octopus*
> depicts the dynamic environment of a Navy communicator.
>
>   In 1947, at the request of Commander W. A. Swanston, USN, the Fifth
> Naval District Communication Officer, Walt Disney's artists conceived the
> design.  Oscar was adopted as command emblem for the U.S. Navy
> Communication Station Norfolk, upon its establishment on 7 November 1950.
>
> The original 2' by 3' Disney artwork is displayed in NCTAMS LANT's
> quarterdeck area, and replicated throughout the world by present and former
> Navy communicators.
>
>
>
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Jay Coward via MRCG <mrcg at mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Tim,
>>  Could Radio.Octapus ( I just looked him up and got your site) operate
>> all the radio gear onboard a PBY or PBM? That would be cool.
>>  I wish I could have attended this years meet but sudden health issues
>> intervened. I had planned to do the 4 day camp out, bring a bunch of
>> "surplus" to swap and do the fox hunt with a PRC-6, now with DF antenna,
>> not the Patricia Gibbons "body attenuator" method I used years ago.
>>  Glad to hear the event was (as expected) a success.
>>  Will you be doing an "after action report" soon? I always enjoy those.
>>  Jay KE6PPF
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tim <timsamm at gmail.com>
>> To: West Coast Military Radio Collectors Group <mrcg at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tue, May 5, 2015 3:57 pm
>> Subject: Re: [MRCG] MRCG 2015 wrap-up
>>
>>
>> Maybe the Navy radioman.octopus for next year?  Or a variation on that
>> cartoon?
>> It's the one on the header of the Plan of the Day we
>> published....I have the
>> file...
>> Tim
>> N6CC
>>
>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Michael Bittner
>> <mmab at cox.net> wrote:
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>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From:
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>> > To: "MRCG" <mrcg at mailman.qth.net>
>> > Sent:
>> Tuesday, May 05, 2015 10:43 AM
>> > Subject: [MRCG] MRCG 2015 wrap-up
>> >
>> >
>> >  Thanks
>> to all for a great time and all the help with the chores !
>> >>
>> >> Next year,
>> maybe a Navy or aviation themed shirt ?
>> >>
>> >> 73’s
>> >> John WB6AZP
>> >>
>> >>
>> > RE
>> Next year's shirt, GO NAVY.  Naval Aviation even better.  Mike,
>> W6MAB
>> >
>> >>
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