Steve I have not heard that term in a very long time.
Interesting article on "banana boat swing" http://www.9h1mrl.org/ukrae/arc_cd/extra/morse/html/c15.htm Mark Lunday [email protected] ________________________________ From: Topband <[email protected]> on behalf of Stephen Hawkins <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2023 5:40 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: Bugs All this talk about Bugs caused a phrase submerged deep in my brain to come quietly to the surface. 50+ years ago I was a Navy Radioman. However I was a Radioman on a Submarine. In 2.5 years I maybe sent 5 messages as we were almost always on radio silence. We could occasionally listen for other then official traffic. I would sometimes listen to commercial ship to shore traffic from Merchant ships. If memory servers me correctly Merchant radio officers back then were required to use a Bug. A few of them had what my Chief Radioman called, a "Banana Boat Swing". Music once you got used to it. Boy that was 50 years ago and I have not thought of that term, or heard it used in a very, very long time. Steve NG0G _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
