K=D8HB wrote:
"cl" wrote in message
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I hope someone from the military can step in to tell us how
much time they were given to get the code down. I think
they had to "Cram".

Navy RM "A" School, the basic school which trained Navy Radiomen, was
13-weeks
long. Morse practice was 3 hours per day, 4 days per week, but
students could
come in after-hours for additional practice. Graduation requirement
was to be
able to copy 5-letter coded groups at 18WPM for 10 minutes, with 3
uncorrected
errors allowed.

And they had a choice of Morse Code or Farnsworth Code, and could vary
the pitch.

Hi!

What was the wash-out rate? What happened to the wash-outs?

"bb" wrote in message
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What was the wash-out rate?

I don't have any statistics, but it was fairly small, probably on the order of
8-10%. Most washouts were for academic reasons. Very few failed because of the
code.

What happened to the wash-outs?

They were transferred to the fleet, where most of them were immediately snapped
up by the Chief Radioman as undesignated strikers. Since we were chronically
short of operators, any training at all was an asset, and a "second chance" is a
great motivator. Usually these turned out to be above average sailors.

73, de Hans, K0HB
Master Chief Radioman, US Navy

From: "K=D8=88B" on Tues,Apr 19 2005 6:32 pm

"bb" wrote in message
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What was the wash-out rate?

I don't have any statistics, but it was fairly small, probably on the
order of
8-10%. Most washouts were for academic reasons. Very few failed
because of the
code.

Riiiiiight. :-)

What happened to the wash-outs?

They were transferred to the fleet, where most of them were
immediately snapped
up by the Chief Radioman as undesignated strikers. Since we were
chronically
short of operators, any training at all was an asset, and a "second
chance" is a
great motivator.

Geez, yeah...times were TOUGH during the Second World War!

Usually these turned out to be above average sailors.

Morsemen ALWAYS excell at anything they do. Just ask one.


73, de Hans, K0HB
Master Chief Radioman, US Navy

Dankie-shoe-in, 73, 88, and 103,



ex-RA16408336, Microwave Radio Relay Operations and Maintenance
(MOS 281.6) SUPERVISOR (E-5), US ARMY.

wrote in message
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Geez, yeah...times were TOUGH during the Second World War!

I'll take your word for it, Old Timer. My experience ran from the late 50's to
the early 80's.

ex-RA16408336, Microwave Radio Relay Operations and Maintenance
(MOS 281.6) SUPERVISOR (E-5), US ARMY.

73, de Hans, K0HB
Master Chief Radioman (E-9), US Navy