9 Oct 2008 - A TALK BY RAY FAUTLEY G3ASG
Some of my WW2 Experiences
by
Ray Fautley G3ASG
It is to be hoped that as others among us reach the same age as Ray Fautley at 86 years young we are able to recollect with such clarity our past experiences. Ray spoke without hesitation about his war time exploits as a VI and how he came to be recruited into the 'Radio Security Service'. He first introduced us to how he came to be interested in radio operating and the various employments which honed his skills. He then entertained us (often raising a laugh along the way) with his stories about how he was 'blown up' in 1941 and how he was transported, blindfolded, for an interview to join the RSS.
Many thanks to Ray for visiting with us and we hope he will return with more of his entertaining stories. To use one of Ray's phrases
"I couldn't say, you'll have to wait and see".
Below is a poem by a Voluntary Interceptor
VI FEVER
I must go back to the set again, to the superhet and the phones
And switch off the broadcast music, the announcer's measured tones
And search again on the short waves, with loud calls blending
For the dim sounds of the morse code that a far foe's sending
I must go back to the set again, for the time has come to seek
In the QRM and the QRN for my allocated squeak
And all I ask is a steady note, through the ether speeding
At a fair strength, in a quiet spot, at a nice speed for reading.