On Tue, 29 May 2007 20:28:48 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: >Ship owners never changed out something that worked, so as long >as the radio console was repairable (and there wasn't anything >that couldn't be fixed) they kept the same old console.
Memories of all the old Victory ships that were pulled out of "red lead row" in the late '60s and into the '70s to ferry supplies to the war in SE Asia. At the height of that operation we were doing mandatory Safety Radio Inspections at the rate of four per day in San Francisco alone. For those "sparks" who were hams and had transceivers on board, very often the ham gear was better than the installed radio console equipment (ship's equipment could not be used for hamming although I'm sure that some tried...) -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
