[QCWA] Re: QCWA Digest, Vol 23, Issue 30

[Norm Gertz]

Walt writes...."  the Presidio station
at 'Frisco (can't remember the call sign), "

That was WVY one of the most reliable stations we worked from WAR.....almost 
never lost propagation with them.

Small world that the FCC monitoring station on Maui was just a short ride 
from the 4th Marine Division camp where we had a direct line to the FCC from 
our radio shack.

73   Norm  KI1AA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Maxwell" <walt at w2du.com>
To: "Discussion of QCWA" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] Re: QCWA Digest, Vol 23, Issue 30


> I've found it interesting to hear you Army and Navy net guys tell stories 
> about
> the happenings during WW2.
>
> I was a monitoring officer with FCC's RID from 1940-1944, in Hawaii 
> 1942-43. We
> used Adcock direction finders for determining the location of suspicious 
> radio
> stations. To improve the accuracy of the bearings we also took reference
> bearings on known stations near the frequency of the one being located, 
> because
> variations in the ionosphere affected the direction of the received 
> signals.
>
> Our best reference bearing stations were of the Army, Navy and RCA
> Communications. Consequently, I often used WAR, WVY, WTJ, the Presidio 
> station
> at 'Frisco (can't remember the call sign), NSS, NPO, NPM, NPG, and many 
> other
> Army and Navy stations.
>
> Little did I know then that I'd someday converse with, and even meet some 
> of the
> guys whose fists I heard during WW2. Small  world!
>
> Walt, W2DU, QCWA 5938.
>
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