Radio Intrigue with Don Schimmel

DITS and DAHS
A very interesting article appeared in the Martinsburg WV Sunday Supplement of the newspaper several months ago. The article described two American Morse Code experts who lived in Virginia and participated in Civil War reenactments as telegraph operators. Jim Wilson and his Son Matt were hired by film director Steven Spielberg as technical consultants. Their job was to have a class for actors who would appear as telegraph operators in the film "LINCOLN".

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APRIL LOGGINGS
FREQS IN KHZ, TIMES IN UTC
  3485 Prob WSY70, NY Volmet, OM/EE w/wx for Dulles Int. Airport. Also on 6604 102014
  6608 DE 4XZ in CW m Israeli Navy Haifa 150150
  8473 WLO, Mobile, AL w/RTTY 45/170. Then shifts to SITOR B, sending WX for Gulf of Mexico, etc. 231823
13528 Russian Military beacon C 231805
16332 Russian Military beacon C 231803
17151.2 Prob NMC, USCG San Francisco, CA, FAX 120/576 w/wxmap 221925
17014.8 Two OM/SS in USB, one fair QSA, other extremely weak. The weak stn seems to be sending a long explanation on uniden subject. 221937
21630 U/I Religious bcst. OM/EE with YL/EE, critical commentary re Hollywood movies. 231902

BEACONS
317 CBE Cumberland, MD 161924
328 BZJ Indiantown Gap, PA 161926
350 MSQ Culpeper, VA 161930
363 RNB Millville, NJ 150155
365 YMW Maniwaki, QC, Canada 160241
373 AEA South Hill, VA 150156
388 RNW Chocowinity, NC 160247
392 ML Charlevoix, QC, Canada 160249
410 JU Jefferson, NC 150158
432 IZN Lincolnton, NC 150159
516 YWA Petawawa, ON, Canada 150201

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