(Len Over 21) wrote in message ...
In article ,
(William) writes:

(N2EY) wrote in message
...
No, it's not a political protest thread.

Just a description of what it took to be a radio operator at radio station
WAR
back in WW2. Copied from a Yahoo reflector:

This from an article in Radio News of November '42 regarding the radio
station
WAR.

"...The average person thinks of a highly trained radio operator a man who
can
send radiograms with very little confusion and at a fair rate of
speed....say
the messages are actually handled at around fifteen or even twenty words a
minute for a short period of time.
snip

Operators there at that time included W3GRF(sk), W0DX (sk) W9BRD/VA3ZBB,
W0US
and others.

Nice trip down mammary lane, but what has this to do with amateur radio?

TAFKARJ is trying to "prove" something by connecting SK hams
with the U.S. Army and Washington Army Radio of early 1942.

You know, Len, when you want to talk Army radio, its considered
completely irrelevant. Its just NOT Amateur Radio!

When TAFKARJ wants to talk Army radio, it is wholesome and wunnerful,
and has everything to do with amateur radio somehow, even though
amateur radio was OUTLAWED at the time he speaks of.

I don't think these guys are complete fools, but there edging their
way over.

billy

In article ,
(William) writes:

Operators there at that time included W3GRF(sk), W0DX (sk) W9BRD/VA3ZBB,
W0US
and others.

Nice trip down mammary lane, but what has this to do with amateur radio?

TAFKARJ is trying to "prove" something by connecting SK hams
with the U.S. Army and Washington Army Radio of early 1942.

You know, Len, when you want to talk Army radio, its considered
completely irrelevant. Its just NOT Amateur Radio!

When TAFKARJ wants to talk Army radio, it is wholesome and wunnerful,
and has everything to do with amateur radio somehow, even though
amateur radio was OUTLAWED at the time he speaks of.

Careful about those emotionally-loaded words, next thing you know
we will have another Sermon On The Antenna Mount about the
glory and the majesty of morse code.

Washington Army Radio (WAR) had as much to do with amateur
radio as ham-astronauts got into spaceflight through ham radio. :-)

I don't think these guys are complete fools, but there edging their
way over.

Not fools in the true sense. They are just BELIEVERS in the
Church of St. Hiram. None of them had anything to do with Army
radio and so they grasp at idolized imagination straws trying to
promote morse code and the old ways. If they find some scrap
of information that supports their evangelism, they will want to
scrap with anyone about it and its veracity. :-)

LHA / WMD

Len Over 21 wrote:

In article ,
(William) writes:

When TAFKARJ wants to talk Army radio, it is wholesome and wunnerful,
and has everything to do with amateur radio somehow, even though
amateur radio was OUTLAWED at the time he speaks of.

Careful about those emotionally-loaded words, next thing you know
we will have another Sermon On The Antenna Mount about the
glory and the majesty of morse code.

I don't think these guys are complete fools, but there edging their
way over.

Not fools in the true sense. They are just BELIEVERS in the
Church of St. Hiram. None of them had anything to do with Army
radio and so they grasp at idolized imagination straws trying to
promote morse code and the old ways. If they find some scrap
of information that supports their evangelism, they will want to
scrap with anyone about it and its veracity. :-)

"Poor baby. Still INVOLVED with tossing personal insults and nasty
comments to others that don't agree with your views."

--Leonard H. Anderson, Feb. 27, 2004

Dave K8MN

Dave Heil wrote in message ...
Len Over 21 wrote:

Not fools in the true sense. They are just BELIEVERS in the
Church of St. Hiram. None of them had anything to do with Army
radio and so they grasp at idolized imagination straws trying to
promote morse code and the old ways. If they find some scrap
of information that supports their evangelism, they will want to
scrap with anyone about it and its veracity. :-)

"Poor baby. Still INVOLVED with tossing personal insults and nasty
comments to others that don't agree with your views."

--Leonard H. Anderson, Feb. 27, 2004

"I am only here to civilly debate the Morse Code test issue"

--Leonard H. Anderson on occassions too numerous...

Steve, K4YZ

(Len Over 21) wrote in message ...

Washington Army Radio (WAR) had as much to do with amateur
radio as ham-astronauts got into spaceflight through ham radio. :-)

Actually, Scummy, WAR has played host to actual licensed Amateurs
as "guest operators" on more than one occassion over it's several
decade history.

Also, if you really knew as much about the space program as you
allude, you'd know that at least two Astronauts have credited Amateur
Radio as thier "intro" to technology in grade school and subsequent
career path to engineering.

Too bad your career path in engineering wasn't sufficient to
prepare you for licensure in Amateur Radio. Maybe a licensing course
at a local middle school...?!?!

Steve, K4YZ