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QIC LINKS
Direct links from this page are generally limited to other sites that contain information about our organization's primary focus: The Coast Guard CW Operator and the Use of International Morse Code in the Military and Maritime Services. However, there are many other sites on the Internet that provide information of probable interest to members of CGCWOA and visitors to this site. In turn, these sites often supply links to other sites publishing links related to their primary focus. Links to these sites are provided below under the category called: Links to Links Much like signals on HF, web sites fade in and out of the Internet. Let us know of any they fade completely out, and also let us know of any CW related sites you stumble upon during your trips around the Web. COMMERCIAL LINKS Former RMC Dick Levesque (ZUT 120) offers Original Nautical Art and Limited Edition Prints at his web site.
DIRECT LINKS
RETIREMENT OF THE SPARKS W6SG gives us a tour of CAMSPAC NMC on July 1, 2003 —— The day they retired the Sparks The CQ message NMC sent in CW on that melancholy day. The Last TC Class to Wear the Sparks: A Photo Tribute at Fred's Place.
THE END OF CW Commercial Use of Morse Code Ends The Ceremony at NMN: This is a full tale of the close of the Morse Code Watch at Coast Guard station NMN. "These were my words on April 3, 1995. . ." Morse -- The End of an Era?: An article by Tony Smith G4FAI in the Unesco Courier, journal of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, August 1999. The End of Commercial Morse: On 12 July 1999 the last commercial Morse code message in North America was sent from a Globe Wireless station (KFS/KPH) south of San Francisco. This is a report on what it was like to be at that station on that day But KPH Lives on Through the KPH Project: The Maritime Radio Historical Society has taken on the job of preserving and restoring KPH, one of the most famous coast stations in the world. "After Saving Thousands, Morse Code Set to Sign Off" Canadian newspaper story from 1997 "Saviour on the High Seas Ends Its 100-Year Reign" National Post newspaper article from 1999"Ode to the Code" Transcript of CBH, Halifax radio interviewPossibly the Last SOS. United Press International CW Lives:
History-Keys-Operations-Technology and TELEGRAPHY FORUM MORSUM MAGNIFICAT The magazine dedicated to Morse Code The Ultimate Morse Code Web Site: "It seems the code is still alive in despite of what some people may think."
MISCELLANY The Vibroplex Collector's Page: The Vibroplex semi-automatic telegraph key, or bug, has played a major part in land line and wireless telegraphy since Horace G. Martin introduced it in 1905. Learn more about these interesting devices and the company that made them. Radio Jerry - The Jerry Lentz Home Page: A personal web site including an eclectic bunch of links -- some radio and CG related, some not! Morse Code TidBits: Some little known facts, etc. about radio telegraphy
SEA STORIES, HISTORICAL STUFF, AND SUCH The Old Guard: Historical CG information, stories, poems and the like. Foundation for Coast Guard History (FCGH):
Mission: To create and sustain a foundation for scholarship, education and
preservation of the U.S. Coast Guard’s history and that of its predecessor
organizations. Coast Guard COMSTA Guam/NRV: Tour of duty 1985-1988, by Anthony P. McCullough (A shore based Sea Story) Morse Code by Roger J. Wendell, ZUT1363, WB0JNR Also visit Roger's "Coast Guard" Page SOS from ms PRINSENDAM - Marine Radio History - Morse Code - PLUS Morse Code Links Charles H. Otnott, An ex-Coastie RMs story -- WD5BJT CW on 500 KHz: A look at CG Communications from an NMO perspective - by Jeffrey Herman KH2PZ/KH6 Coast Guard Radio Boston/NMF: Now the home of K1NMF, in 1943 U.S. Coast Guard Radio Station came to Marshfield, Mass. The rest is history and here is some of it.... A Brief History of NMF: Including several pages of photos. Guglielmo Marconi’s First Wireless Telegraph transmission between the United States and Europe -- find it here. Chiniak - U.S. Coast Guard 1945 - From Kodiak Alaska Military History Rick's World: Personal web site of former USCG RM Rick Gustin telling of his various duty stations. The "Chief Roach" Story: by Don Gardner (at Jack's Joint) "Me? A Radioman?" by Bill Price (at Jack's Joint) History of the Moriches Area, Including NMY. (Coast Guard site) MCPOCG Carl W. Constantine, USCG -- Biography of ZUT220 1964 Alaska Earthquake & Tsunami Radio Traffic -- At "Jack Joint" --- Go here for a listing of and access to many Coast Guard Stories at Jack's Joint
OTHER CW RELATED ASSOCIATIONS
Coast Guard Club (The
US Coast Guard Amateur Radio Nets):
Closely connected to the CGCWOA, and informally presided over by Don Gardner
ZUT252, the Coast Guard Club has "no membership dues. There are no ‘officers’
appointed in the club, but Dick Anderson, who normally is the NCS of the CG SSB
Net, refers to me as the ‘Yeoman Emeritus’. There are no meetings, no sea bag or
dress uniform inspection, no field days, no paydays (sorry), no soggying down,
no brass work to shine, and no free chow; but we have open gangway and you don’t
have to show a liberty card. We are simply a group of Coasties who have
furnished information that has been posted to our call book. When you hear one
of us on the air, you can check the call book and know quite a bit about the
person. Nothing really personal, though. We don’t ask new members to fetch a
bucket of steam, or look out for the mail buoy. Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association: The Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association is a Non-Profit Corporation of Active Duty Members, Retired Members, Reserve Members, and Honorably Discharged Former Members of the United States Coast Guard who served in, or provided direct support to combat situations recognized by an appropriate military award while serving as a member of the United States Coast Guard. Coast Guard Sea Veterans of America: "The Coast Guard Sea Veterans was founded for ALL CURRENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF THE U. S. COAST GUARD who have felt and feel that the experience of having served, was to say the least, unique in itself. You remember those days: trying to make Navy surplus gear work and making twenty-five year old equipment appear to be state of the art. We are, like the service we served in, small, but proud, and like the Coast Guard, we have little money, are loosely organized, and enjoy telling sea stories. Spouses of Coasties & Ex Coasties are also welcome to join." Society of Wireless Pioneers: The Society of Wireless Pioneers (SOWP) is dedicated to the collection and preservation of the history of communications, particularly wireless and radio telegraphy. SOWP is also a strong influence against efforts to eradicate CW as a mode of communications. Veteran Wireless Operators Association: The wireless art, and in particular the transmission and reception of messages by wireless operators, has been from its inception a service of special value to mankind in general, and for this reason is deservedly a source of price to all who consider themselves privileged to have spent a part of their lives in this service. Holding that the strong sense of pride and brotherhood thus engendered should be given form and perpetual commemoration by means of an association of those actively linked with this service, the founders of this fraternity and the present members have therefore established themselves as an Association. "Any person who, while holding a first- or second-class Radiotelegraph or Radiotelephone License issued by the Federal Communications Commission or the U.S. Department of Commerce, served as an operator of a radiotelegraph or radiotelephone station including broadcast and television for at least three (3) years qualifies as a MEMBER. In addition, members of the armed services who served in a similar position but without holding an FCC license (such as Coast Guard operators) are equally eligible for membership. This class of membership is also open to individuals with similar experience with licenses issued by governments other than the United States."
United States Navy Radioman Association
LINKS TO LINKS Fred's Place —— The ultimate unofficial Coast Guard web site. Over the years it has grown from simply "A Place to Meet Old Shipmates" to a comprehensive site about all aspects of the Guard. It's now a sub-web of Military.com.
Military.com —— Addressing the needs and interests of people connected to all military services Coast Guard Community at Military.com Links from Military.com to Coast Guard Associations Official Coast Guard Links from Military.com
Jack's Joint: An Unofficial Coast Guard Library and More. An Unofficial library of Coast Guard stories, articles, poems, essays, and downright lies. There are links to other Coastie sites, lighthouse sites, military sites, and lots of other stuff. Stop in and visit for awhile. Look at the pictures if you can find them. Most pages have a musical background. New features have just been added.
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