The far shot is hard to read but I copy:
VT then 8 dits (he made a mistake) TO S BT(run together) W
The first and last letters might be partial because of the cutting of the
film :-)
Glenn AE0Q
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 12:26 PM Michael Cheponis <
michael.cheponis@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wasn't really sure where to post this, as it's definitely 'off topic' --
> but since Ten-Tec was known as the "CW Person's Rig" due to tight break-in
> all the way through to the amps, I figured there are probably a lot of CW
> ops here.
>
> I stumbled across this video of the Wehrmacht surrendering to the Allies
> outside Prague in April 1945, and as there is only a music soundtrack, only
> video is available showing a GI with a J-38 (?) strapped to his right leg,
> banging out CW. There is an initial close-up, followed by a longer shot.
>
> I tried to decode this, got a few sections I'm fairly sure of, but... not
> very good yet. I did slow the video down to 0.25x speed, this helps since
> you can more clearly see his hand motions.
>
> I'd think it would be nice to post to the comments in that video what the
> CW 'message' was, as a service to other viewers. Would be fun to figure it
> out. (Credit the Ten-Ten group, of course!)
>
> It's here: https://youtu.be/PIKGmaXmfCQ?t=329 maybe 20 seconds
>
> Thanks! Mike K6THZ
>
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