From: "Mike Morrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:25:51 -0600
Howard wrote: >... I can only imagine what it must have been like copying >code on the China Clippers with early radios... The long-route airline aircraft of the era often had a radio operator on board. He had to be licensed the same as a merchant marine radio officer, with at least a Second Class Radiotelegraph License (20 wpm plain language, 16 wpm code groups), PLUS he had to have the Aircraft Radiotelegraph Endorsement (25 wpm plain language, 20 wpm code groups) on his license. If you're interested in fiction about some of this, I highly recommend _The Lost Flying Boat_ by Alan Sillitoe. This is fiction, but as a former radio operator himself, and a fine writer, he communicates the magic of Morse very nicely. After he became a successful writer, he bought a shortwave receiver so he could just listen in becuase he enjoyed it so much. 73, doug _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
