Interesting general Query...thought I'd forward it along. Please post
to other channels. Keep M3MPH on the reply list.
----- Original Message -----
From: "73 de M3MPH" <m3mph@hotmail.com>
To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 8:59 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] CW puzzle... From circa 1950
> Greetings all
>
> This might be of interest to the CW ops, OM and aviation historians
out
> there who's experience and knowledge may shed some light on a
mystery
> that happened about 53 years ago....
>
> An aircraft, a civilian adaption of a Lancaster bomber, with a
British
> crew, got lost and flew into a mountain in cloud. The reason is
still
> unknown but the last message it sent in CW was copied as;
>
> S T E N D E C <message ended>
>
> Could this have been miscopied for another lesser known
abbreviation?
> Were there any competing or precursors to the
> "Q" codes that would have been known to probably ex military
pilots,
> crew, radio op?
>
> Any suggestions, ideas or theories...
>
>
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