re: #189 austin_blue

Our problem was that the planes weren’t big enough to string a truly functional antenna. It was close but not quite there, hence the hell. Ships don’t seem to have that problem, apparently.

I wish that we were able to listen to the Beeb on our trans-atlantic hops. We had shit.

The comm/nav shops I was always in on various ships were always on the 02 level (two decks above the hanger) and right next to it. On my last two ships we were able to get permission to string an antenna wire from the shop into the hanger from the safety office and damage control.

Prior to that, when I was on the USS America (CV-66), I owned a Kenwood shortwave receiver, and had an antenna out in the hanger. I used to write the headlines on the chalkboard every morning, which caused a regular parade of officers from various divisions through our shop to catch the news headlines.