I was a CT from '69 through '73, though I was in the USMC; we were
attached to NSG units around the world. The division that monitored our
own traffic was called "COMSEC" for communications security. I never
did much of it; our primary mission was intercepting others' signals.
But I don't think anyone ever made much effort to "bust" another Navy
op for a mild indescretion---the main purpose of COMSEC was to make our
communications harder for a foriegn entity to compromise. We had what
we called "COMSEC vans" which were basically enclosed truck bodies with
lots of receivers mounted in them that could be set up in the field
near our own units to monitor and look for security violations. But
even then most of what we were listening to was voice, not CW.
Travis N5AY
On Jan 15, 2007, at 6:30 AM, Curt Gamble wrote:
> W8AU,
>
> Well we had CT's (communication technicians) then whose sole purpose
> was
> to monitor all circuits
> including ours so think that was kept in check. I know one of those CT
> types as he is a good ham
> friend in AZ. I am sure some stuff might have gone on briefly but
> busting rank tends to stop it.
>
> While the shoulder patch for Navy radioman looks the same I think
> radioman are now called
> communication technicians or something like that. Last year in Dayton
> I
> talked with one
> at the MARS booth
>
> When I finally received my 160M WAS award back in Ohio in early 1970's
> (as K8IBQ)
> I recall that my Kentucky contact was K4FU. It is funny how one
> remembers certain things.
>
> A ham friend of mine, Jim and I were both in the same high school
> English class and during a test
> (multiple guess) Jim started tapping out with a pencil a query to one
> question in the multiple
> guess test. Pretty soon a 3rd pencil started tapping out "this will
> not work". We both
> darn near died and the teacher was in hysterics laughing at us. The
> rest of the class was
> clueless. This great English teacher still communicates via email as
> does the ham friend. Yes! he
> was on of those WW2 Army Signal Corps CW guys. We tell this story over
> and over at each reunion.
> 73, Curt WØALC in Western CO at
> minus 2.5 deg
>
> w8au@sssnet.com wrote:
>
>> At 06:28 PM 1/14/07, Curt Gamble wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Another funny incident on a Navy practice cw circuit in Norfolk in
>>> mid
>>> 60's some operator sent the following.
>>> "Mississippi sissies are sissier than Tennessee sissies" as fast as
>>> possible. They called all the logs in so they could
>>> figure who sent it and this individual got a few demerits on that
>>> one.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> An associate of mine who was an Army radio op during WW2 said that
>> they occasionally signed off with "4Q." To which the other op would
>> reply "4Q2." This upset the monitors who sent messages to all
>> commands to cease this activity. :-)
>>
>> I don't recall ever hearing that the Navy ops did this... Either
>> the Army ops were cruder, or the Navy ops weren't as creative... :-)
>>
>> w8au
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