Elektra Records, Morse Code Transmission

This sound effect can be found on Authentic Sound Effects Volume 10 (1964) which was made by Elektra Records. It is the same track as MORSE CODE - MORSE CODE TRANSMISSION BEEPS, TELEGRAPH.

This recording captures a radio operator aboard the historic USCGC Campbell (WPG-32) communicating with a shore station during pre-World War II maritime operations out of its home base in Staten Island, New York. The literal meaning behind the naval radio shorthand and prosigns (procedural signs) breaks down as follows:

  • COAST GUARD CE VA: The operator calls the station ("Coast Guard") using the French telegraph shorthand CE (meaning "this is") and clears the channel using VA (the procedural sign for "end of transmission").
  • COAST GUARD CUTTER CAMPBELL STATEN ISLAND NEWYORK: Explicitly identifies the originating vessel and its standard command base.
  • BT: The standard military "Break" sign, used to separate the location metadata from the message body.
  • VVV DE COAST GUARD / CG CG: The operator transmits a standard tuning and attention sequence. VVV means "Testing / Attention", sent DE ("From") the COAST GUARD (abbreviated further down as CG).
  • NEE NE NE: Short vector logging markers indicating directional alignments ("North-East-East" and "North-East").
  • = = DE CAMPBELL: Double-dash spacing pauses, followed by the explicit operator sign-off: "From Campbell".
  • ECVA: A closing military signal routing code used to log the end of the broadcast sequence or release the radio frequency.

Taken as a whole, the transmission represents a routine Coast Guard continuous-wave (CW) station identification and communications broadcast. Rather than conveying an emergency or operational dispatch, the operator identifies the cutter, announces its home station, transmits standard attention and procedural signals, and concludes with a formal sign-off, faithfully reflecting the style of U.S. maritime radiotelegraph traffic of the late 1930s and early 1940s.

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