Left the Redifon main receiver "R50M". (Thanks to Allan Headley for the information) In the background right on the wall the emergency transmitter. |
The ship was chartered to
British Petroleum.
The travel orders came by
radio from London, so Portishead Radio was my main radio contact, and with
which I had overwhelmingly positive experience. At this time Portishead
Radio was becoming one of the largest coastal radio stations. The traffic
list (list of ship stations to take traffic) took at least a half hour,
and since my call sign was DABF I was 10'th or 15'th on the list, (QRY
10, or maybe QRY 15) and didn't have to listen to the whole list. The radio
station on the "Seestern" was acceptable. As much as I can
remember, it was a combination
of short-wave and medium-wave-transmitter, with 400 Watts output, from
"Standard Radio." Next to the customarily provided emergency transmitter
and emergency receiver and autoalarm receiver, I had a "Redifon R50M" main receiver. This receiver had no dial
calibration in Khz, only a logging scale from 0 to 100 for all bands.
When the frequency was known, one must make a pencil mark - and it was
disagreeable when Portishead Radio specified
a working frequency without
a pencil mark. If there was no "v v v loop" running on the frequency,
one could complete one's QSO (contact) and start a new call.
Medium wave tuning. The medium wave transmitter had no crystals. The frequencies were engaged, notched. Left the emergency transmitter, over it the antenna switch with the old “knife contacts” |
Maintaing of the main transmitter. Left the medium wave part, center the coastal telephony part, right the short wave part. In the bottom the power supply |