but before you do, this little file will take some of you back to the mid 1950's and in particular to the time of the Suez War in 1956.  There were no such things as SSB HF Voice in the Fleet, no RATT transmission to/from ships at sea, no satellites, no on-line cryptography [machine or book cypher systems only], just plain old Morse Code. At the time of the War, there was much too much traffic originated, which meant that the speed of the Morse Code had to be fast enough to keep the War Commanders [British and French] up to date with conditions within the Eastern Mediterranean.  Additionally, they needed to know what the Israelis were doing in their war against Egypt and what the Russians were doing to the nation of Hungary:  the world, then as now, was a very volatile place. This is what the Malta Morse Broadcast sounded like in the Autumn of 1956 malta broadcast during the suez war.wav.  If you attempt to read it and you do transcribe a perfect copy, you have mastered Morse Code at a speed of 29 wpm - well done. Can you imagine being in Egyptian waters wearing full anti flash gear in a non air conditioned space reading this Morse for SIX HOURS ON END and  in a two watch system? 

A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE IF YOU ARE USING ADOBE READER 8

are you interested in:

• Transmitters [which in this case includes Transceivers]
• Receivers
• SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
• STANDARDS
• Aerials [INCLUDES RADHAZ]
• Outfits and control units
• R.A.T.T, AT SEA - THE HISTORY OF - PART ONE
• R.A.T.T. AT SEA - THE HISTORY OF - PART TWO
• D/F OUTFITS
• power supplies and Emergency Supplies
• Miscellaneous
• Nomenclature
• NOMENCLATURE EXTANT IN 1980 AT THE END OF OUR PERIOD
• WAVEMETERS
• CRYSTALS [XTALS]
• WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY BEFORE WORLD WAR ONE [1900-1913] ? ###
• WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN THE 19TH CENTURY ? ###
• THE POST WW1 YEARS - THE 1920's
• EXAMPLES OF THE DISTRIBUTION LIST FOR BR222 FROM START-UP IN 1930 TO TWENTY YEARS LATER IN THE EARLY 1950.  TWENTY YEARS ON INTO THE 1970's, THE LIST HAD BEEN ABANDONED
• WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN THE PERIOD LATE 1920's TO THE 1950's
• A FILE CONTAINING INTERESTING W/T SUBJECTS IN WORLD WAR 2
• PHOTOGRAPHS OF YESTERYEAR
• EASTERN FLEET WT COMMS {1944} FOR AIO.pdf - use Adobe Reader zoom tool!
• NAVAL SPECIALISED MOBILES
• 1947 COMMUNICATIONS REVIEW.
• THE COMMUNICATION FIT OF HMS VANGUARD FOR THE ROYAL TOUR OF 1947
• A RADIO REMOTE CONTROLLED BOAT !
• COURSE NOTES COMPENDIUM
• RADAR INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSOR HISTORY - RIS1 TO RIS6
• THE FLEET AIR ARM
• TYPICAL W/T SYLLABUS TRAINING WITH TYPICAL QUESTIONS
• SYMBOLS USED IN THE PRE-1930's PERIOD
• SYMBOLS USE FROM THE 1930's ONWARDS
• SYMBOLS USED IN THE 1970's ONWARDS
• SUBMARINES - TELEGRAPHISTS AND UNDERWATER COMMUNICATIONS WITH MORSE CODE
• Wa/t SETS ? Think about it. All voice, Morse Code {above and below the sea}, loud hailers and the rest, were classed as belonging to the W/T Branch.  So why not every other mode of Communicating ?
• WIRELESS GUIDANCE OF TORPEDOES 1903
• RADIO VERSUS U-BOATS
• 1940's research and development
• UHF MASKING
• NEUTRODYNING
• CODES, PARITY BITS, EDC, AND OTHER SPECIALITIES !
• VISUAL SIGNALLING ? YES, BUT NOT OF THE 'BUNTING' TYPE ?

### To avoid any confusion especially in these sections, a spark-gap transmitter is keyed using two keys.  the operator sends morse on the signalling key [also known as the sending key or the h.o., meaning hand operated key] which is sited in the silent cabinet, a part of the wireless office safe from noise and electric shocks. This in turn keys the magnetic key which is sited in the high power cage {a Locked area} - a deadly place to be but also in the wireless office, which 'keys' the spark.