[MRCG] MRCG 2015 wrap-up

Tue May 5 21:13:32 EDT 2015

Well that's the NAVSEA side. Spent 10 yrs there and 20 on the NAVAIR side. Both different and equally dysfunctional!  Navy airboure clandestine (with roots to Air Force uh Army Air Corp - don't what to start anything here!) ops during WWII had Ravens. This was shortened to Crows  and later electronic warfare adopted Old Crows. I've spent most of the last 15 in that environment - won't mention Air Force or USMC aviation (don't want to start anything here either but will say USMC aviator is one of the scarier terms around).

Sorry for brief notes. On smartphone & still in my office...

> On May 5, 2015, at 5:56 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From:
>>> <boatanchor at martasystems.com>
>>>> 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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