Subj : Morse Code
To   : STAN PHILLIPS
From : Richard Brumbaugh
Date : Wed Sep 06 2000 02:34 am

On (04 Sep 00) STAN PHILLIPS wrote to RICHARD BRUMBAUGH...

 SP> NOW......   That reminded me, years ago (in the 1980's), there was a
 SP> report on TV of a laser system transmitting video from the USA to
 SP> Canada at Nigara falls. One hotel room to another.  It was being used
 SP> to transmit pornographic movies over the border without having to go
 SP> through customs (where porn was confisticated).

Now that's pretty neat, hi.  Did they get caught?

 SP> Regarding the light source, life jackets (for use at sea)
 SP> had a mirror and target sight assembly that could be used for
 SP> signaling to a search aircraft and could also be used for sending
 SP> info using morse code (If I remember, the code was printed on the
 SP> back of the mirror).

Our crews never had any mirrors or anything like that.  There was an
emergency radio with the rafts, though, that were carried on all but
the B-17 and B-29.  We wore the jackets under the chutes.
And I'm not really so sure about the bombers.  They could have been at
the rear end of the tunnel.  It's been so long ago that I have a hard
time remembering that stuff.  We were CW ONLY ops.  Very seldom used
AM phone unless we needed to talk to civilian station that didn't have
CW.  Our tx was Collins ART-13 autotune and BC-348 rx.
Our base station at Patrick AFB, FL, was remote BC-610s and our 2
receivers were local, a Collins 51J, (I think), and an HRO.
Our two CW freqs that we monitored our base were 3170Khz and 8780Khz.
Usually, 3170 was only good at night.  Once from about Nassau, at
night, the skip was so long that I had New York stn QSP to Patrick.
Even 3170Khz wasn't any good.
Just a note, I sked my dad, W5MFC in Oklahoma at about 19:00 every
evening.  Once I was out late over the Bermuda triangle in a C-119 at
that time.  I tuned up the rig (ART-13) on the 40 meter freq we used
and had a short QSO with dad from the plane.  Then I had to get back
to our regular freq.  Had to send a position report at least every 30
minutes, including QAL and take-offs.

Best regards, (73)
Dick, W5MFD since 1946
richard.brumbaugh@gratisnet.com

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