[TenTec] code speed

[Curt Gamble]

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 at sssnet.com wrote:

>At 06:28 PM 1/14/07, Curt Gamble wrote:
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>>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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