Here's a blog post from a family friend about his radio operator experiences, 1967-68

[Ptah]

SAY AGAIN, OVER?

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In 1967-68 when I was in Army radio school (Fort Huachuca, AZ) and radioteletype (RTT)
school (Fort Gordon, GA), I had to become fluent in the phonetic alphabet and in Morse code,
and later at typing. Fluency was measured in both accuracy and speed. My best Morse code
speed (using a standard handset similar to the one shown above) was around 40 words per minute (wpm),
while my best typing speed was 85 wpm, both with no errors. Those are some smoking times,
given the archaic equipment we had. More often than not, in RTT I was typing faster than the
keyboard could manage, and the machine would continue to clatter for half a minute after I'd finished.

Here are links to a few examples ~

the PRC-25 portable radio, used by small infantry units in the field.
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http://predatorhaven.blogspot.com/2012/03/say-again-over.html

[wandy]

1. Thanks for posting that. Good read.....

It's been a strange week so for anyone else tired of hearing about Andrew Bitesthebark, or Rush Limpballs or
Sheriff Joe's Pus_eeeee.
Here's the operatior's manual for the AN/GRC-26d
http://www.pa7rhm.nl/downloads/tm11-5820-256-10.pdf
Yo... A portable radio with it's own 10 gallon reserve.

I'll append tie diagrams for the receiver/transmitter if I can find them.

[denbot]

2. Thanks for the link.

My battle station was FAP (Fast Action Procedure) talker. To this day I still use the NATO phonetic alphabet when I have to spell something over the phone.