Ross Bradshaw (England)

Served in the Royal Corps of Signals then as Marconi Radio Officer in British Merchant Navy. Later joined the Diplomatic Wireless Service. Now retired to Cornwall in the South West of England.

Ships sailed on, Marconi equipment except for 9KCO (Russian gear) and GPFE (AEI equipment)

Atherstone/GPSU Globespan tx Atalanta rx reserve gear Salvor2 tx / Atalanta rx

City of St Albans/GHKM Commander tx Apollo rx reserve gear Salvor3 tx / Monitor rx

Tor Belgia/GQEU Commander tx Apollo rx reserve gear Salvor3 tx/ Monitor rx

Al Jabiriah/9KCO Ilmen-m (hf) tx, Volkov-m (mf) tx, two Volna-K receivers, reserve ACP-4 tx PAC-3 rx

Welsh Trident/GRUH Crusader tx Apollo rx reserve gear Salvor3 tx /Monitor rx

Susan Miller/GPUU Crusader tx Nebula rx reserve gear Salvor3 tx / Monitor rx

Thistle Alpha/2GRJ (oil rig ) Prospector H-1060 tx Aquilla EC 964/7 rx

Author/GXSY Oceanspan 7 tx Atalanta rx reserve gear Salvor2 tx / Alert rx

Lady of Mann/GVEQ Oceanspan7 tx Atalanta rx reserve gear Salvor3 tx / Sentinal rx

Hero/GRHU Commandant tx Nebula rx reserve gear Salvor3 tx / Monitor rx

Cirolana/GNAM Crusader tx Apollo rx reserve gear Salvor3 tx / Atalanta rx

Geroi Novorossysk/UFKQ Conqueror tx Apollo rx (two) reserve gear Salvor3 tx / Sentinal rx

City of Lancaster/GXPD Commander tx Apollo rx reserve gear Reliance tx / Monitor rx

Inishowen Head/GPFE AEI T80MH tx Apollo rx reserve gear AEI T64 tx / AEI Q24 rx

Egidea/GHRY Commandant tx Nebula rx reserve gear Reliance tx / Electra rx

Ibn Malik/9KFP Conqueror tx Apollo rx reserve gear Salvor3 tx / Sentinal rx

And in the Diplomatic Wireless Service Racal TA 1816 tx (500watts), (two) Plessey PR 2250 rx with

Racal RA 1117 piccolo modem and Sayrosa 607B synth unit.

Author of the book:

 

On board of M/V City of St’ Albans

 

 

My radio shack in my QTH (Cornwall)

From 1st February to 11th February each year this station

transmits using my late father’s callsign G4SKS in his memory.