[Qcwa] Was it something I said?

[Bob Wilder]

FYI:  When I was at the Pentagon in 11951 WAR and AIR were both on the main concourse of the pentagon.  If I remember, as you entered, WAR was on the left and AIR on the right with several operating positions  for each



At 08:04 AM 6/8/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>Joe......the station was located in the War Dept Munitions Building on
>Constitution Ave.....was called the Message Center....a huge room with at
>least 35-40 operating positions and 20 or more teletypes along a side wall.
>
>The receiving site was Battery Cove, MD
>The transmitter site was Ft Belvoir, VA
>
>Shortly after I left in the Fall of 42 they made a transition move over to
>the Pentagon.
>
>It wasnt very long before all the CW circuits started to be phased out with
>the development of high speed radiotype.
>
>It is with some degree of sorrow that on Armed Forces Day now the cross band
>operations from AIR/WAR/NSS etc do not include any CW whatsoever.
>
>Times have changed...
>
>73    Norm   K1AA
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Joseph Fenn" <jfenn at lava.net>
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>Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 12:00 AM
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>
>> Norm and Jeff,
>> Speaking of WAR (now at Ft Detrick I think) was the stn located
>> in Washington, DC? or the Pentagon at the time you were there?
>> I am all ears when it comes to WD radio system back in those
>> days.
>>                 Joe/KH6JF/ABM6JF
>>
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