[HCDX] WVLC The Little Ship That Could

[Paul Ormandy <paulorm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Latest article added to the Radio Heritage Collection:

"When I shipped overseas, it was to General Headquarters, Southwest
Pacific Area, based at the time in Brisbane, Australia. It was the
headquarters of fabled General Douglas MacArthur.

I came into the organization at a time the Chief Signal Officer was
gathering a group of former broadcast technicians and engineers who were
to create a high power shortwave broadcast station within a
ship.

The proposed mission was to open a radio channel for the exclusive use of
broadcast network war correspondents. The concept was to use the ship as
a roving shortwave news platform during combat operations against Japan.
The station would have sufficient power to be reliably heard on the US
West Coast..."

Red the whole article at
http://radiodx.com/spdxr/wvlc.htm

Cheers,

Paul

Paul Ormandy
Host of The South Pacific DX
Report
http://radiodx.com