US Navy Radio D/F Station NYW - Point St. George, California

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My ham radio call is K4NYW and following my interest in Navy Radio, I got curious if NYW was used as a Navy call sign. I didn't find any info until Tom K4NCG pointed me to info on direction finding "Station T" ("Station Tare")  located at Point St. George Calif 1936-1944 with the call sign NYW.

Many thanks to Grady Lewis and Jay Browne of the Navy Cryptologic Veterans Association for providing all of this material
       - they have been extremely helpful.

1992 Article on "Station T"  

2007 Article on "Station T Revisited"

US Navy file - history of Point St. George Intercept Station

• Appendix B - 1944 Operations
• Appendix C - 1943 Description of Station

Equipment used at NYW

Station T (Station Tare)
1938	1932	maps shows locations of DT "portable" and proposed DAB Note "Radio Rd" (Visitor Bureau of Crescent City  & Del Norte County)
1942	1943
Station T today - photos by Grady Lewis
Station T today	new entrance added later MFDF penthouse in rear	"penthouse" for MFDF equipment
MFDF penthouse, brick transmitter & power building. Original tall water  tank stood where wood tank is  now located	new entrance added later
Equipment
DP MFDF receiver  &  power supply	Model DT HFDF portable (from estate of Calvin Ladd)	DAB HF direction finder  - planned but evidently never       installed at Station T (Grady Lewis)
DP MFDF loop antenna	XAB/HRO HFDF installation  NAS Seattle WA (National Archives)	DAB HF direction finder  - planned but evidently never       installed at Station T (C. E. Spencer)