[R-390] Ahoy! R-390A sighting aboard USS Hornet

[Leigh Sedgwick]

I regularly copy FAX weather maps on HF frequencies.

73 de Mike
K7PI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Morgan" <roy.morgan at nist.gov>
To: "Dave Merrill" <r390a at rcn.com>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Ahoy! R-390A sighting aboard USS Hornet


> At 05:56 PM 5/15/2005, Dave Merrill wrote:
>>  ...a tour of the USS Hornet http://www.uss-hornet.org moored at
>>Alameda Point, San Francisco.  Well worth your time if you are in the 
>>area.
>
> Dave,
>
> I'll make a point to see it next time I visit my daughter in San 
> Francisco.  Indeed, those radios are in bad shape!
>
>>... the R-390 - ...also served in more mundane tasks like weather
>>FAX reception.
>
> Is there anyone doing FAX by radio nowadays? Ham, commercial?  I have a 
> TMC frequency shift keyer that would make the signals.  No FAX reader or 
> printer, though.
>
> Roy
>
>
>
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