Thanks Dennis!
I figured that this must have been the case. I have trouble imagining what
being a radio officer on a merchant ship must have been like in, say, the
70's. I've never seen any of the equipment, and I've read little about it.
From what I've heard, it certainly wasn't a cushy or "romantic" job; most
had additional duties beyond simply manning the radio. A few were not
particularly good operators and had terrible CW skills -- it was simply a
job. I've read about conditions around WWII in the QCWA Journal, and many
were nothing short of horrific. Most of what I hear about is CW, but I know
there had to be a fair bit of 'phone used, too, and I assume that most of
that was AM for quite a while.
It's hard to dig up much of the history of this after WWII, either about
day-to-day operations or equipment used. Does anyone have a good source or
reference?
73,
Kim Elmore, N5OP
At 08:11 PM 9/9/2004, you wrote:
In a message dated 9/9/04 5:00:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Now, this last part got me to wondering: were regenerative receivers made
> and used commercially in shipboard service within living memory?
>
Oh yes, particularly in the LF/MF range. The RCA AR-8510 (15 to 650 kc)
being one example which was standard on the on the WW2 Victory
ships. Also, the
Navy used the RAK and RAL regens which together covered 15 kc to 22mc up into
the 50s.
Dennis D. W7QHO
Glendale, CA
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