Vibroplex and Pouring Rain in the Middle of the Gulf of Mexico 1986.

[David J. J. Ring, Jr.]

Vibroplex and Pouring Rain in the Middle of the Gulf of Mexico from N1EA/MM.

In the middle 1980s, former United States Coast Guard Radioman and well
known radio amateur, Edward A. McCarthy, W1YT was tuning the 7.0 MHz
amateur radio bands at his amateur radio station in Florida when he came
upon a conversation between two amateurs using continuous wave (CW)
Morse radiotelegraphy. Since a tape recorder was nearby, he decided to
record the conversation between David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA/MM (Maritime
Mobile) who was sailing as Radio Officer in the Merchant Marine on the
coastwise tanker "SS KING" run by American Heavy Lift Shipping, Inc. of
Houston, TX. The SS KING was in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico having
sailed from Corpus Christi, Texas two days prior and another local radio
amateur who was getting on the air after a long absence.

Mr. McCarthy, W1YT sent this recording directly to the "SS KING" where
Mr. Ring was so overjoyed at the quality, he decided to improve on it by
making a recording of storm and rain sounds and mixing the Morse code
together with it.

Hundreds of people have asked me for this recording, including some from
Japan where one person told me he listens to it daily while traveling
the Bullet Train.

https://archive.org/details/ThunderstormRainAndMorseCodeFromBug

73

David N1EA