ARCADIA

P & O

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ABOVE IS A TYPICAL RADIO ROOM OF THE 1950'S, ON THE LEFT IS A OCEANSPAN TRANSMITTER AND WORLDSPAN AMPLIFIER. ON THE OPERATING DESK IN THE FAR LEFT CORNER IS A RELIANCE EMERGENCY TRANSMITTER.THE RECEIVER SET-UP IS A MERCURY / ELETRRA. ABOVE THE RADIOROOM CLOCK IS THE MARCONI ANTENNA SWITCHING UNIT.FAR RIGHT HAND CORNER ON THE OPERATING DESK IS A LODESTONE DIRECTION FINDING RECEIVER.ON THE RIGHT ,WITH THE CW KEY IN FRONT OF IT, IS ANOTHER OCEANSPAN, A MK VII,THIS ONE BEING A DESK TOP ONE.THE POWER SUPPLY FOR IT CAN BE SEEN IN THE BELOW  PHOTOGRAPH, JUST ABOVE THE CR100 RECEIVER, NEXT TO THE CR100'S POWER SUPPLY.THE RADIO OFFICER IN THE PHOTOGRAPH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY DON CHAPMAN, AS BEING KEN GIBSON, HE CONFIRMS THAT THIS RADIO ROOM  WAS  ACTUALLY THE RADIO ROOM OF THE ARCADIA,THE PHOTOGRAPH BEING TAKEN ABOUT 1954/55. KEN GIBSON BEING THE 3RD RADIO OFFICER.THE CHIEF BEING A MACBETH, STEVE CHARNELL BEING 4TH MAN. DON CHAPMAN ALSO SAILED ON THE SS CHUSAN AS 3RD RADIO OFFICER, WITH KEN GIBSON BEING 2ND RADIO OFFICER.

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THE ABOVE PHOTOGRAPH IS AGAIN THE P & O VESSEL ARCADIA FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE. IT  SHOWS AN OCEANSPAN MK VI, WITH A CR300 RECEIVER TO ITS LEFT - THE RADIO OFFICER AGAIN IS KEN GIBSON,BOTH PHOTOGRAPHS BEING TAKEN ON THE SAME DAY.THANKS TO DON CHAPMAN FOR IDENTIFYING THE RADIO OFFICER / VESSEL, AND INDEED THAT THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS FROM THE SAME RADIO ROOM AS THE TOP PHOTOGRAPH.

 

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