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VK6BE > MORSE 09.12.11 01:04l 25 Lines 1256 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Bedtime story
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From: VK6BE@VK6ZRT.#BUN.#WA.AUS.OC
To : MORSE@WW
Let me tell you a bedtime story, Warren.
I was sitting in my lounge minding my own business one day when I had a
phone call from the Albany Police. The Officer told me that the crew of an
American warship in the harbour was hearing distress signals in morse code
on their radio but they had noone on board who could read morse code.
Could I help? Yes, OK and I was taken to the ship by the police and met
some sort of officer who took me into the radio room and there was some
sort of morse signal but too faint to make any sense of. Finally I told
the officers that I thought I could do better on my amateur radio setup at
home and they took me home again.
I tuned to the frequency on the transceiver and sure enough there was the
Morse signal loud and clear. It was sending a callsign. I checked on the
callsign which turned out to be that of an aircraft in the South Pacific
approaching Rio and apparently asking for instructions.
Warren, does te USN still use crystal sets?? And can't the operators read
Morse Code? Of course this was a few years ago and things might have
changed now.There is also the likelihood that my antenna system was better
than that on the ship.
Borrrrrkkkk!
Bob VK6BE.
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