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A radio operator (formerly known as wireless operator in British and Commonwealth English), also referred to as radio officer, is a person who is responsible for the operations of a ship radio station and the technicalities aboard.
The profession of radio operator has become largely obsolete with the automation of radio-based tasks in recent decades.[1] Nevertheless, radio operators are still employed in maritime[2] and aviation fields.[3] In most cases radio transmission is now only one of several tasks of a radio operator.[4][5]
The role of 'Wireless Operator' aboard aircraft during WWII was often abbreviated to 'WOp' or 'WOP' in official documents or obituaries.[6][7][8]
History
Radio operators were indispensable at sea in the early days of wireless telegraphy, and many young men were called to sea as professional radio operators who were always accorded high-paying officer status at sea. Subsequent to the Titanic disaster and the Radio Act of 1912, the International Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) conventions established the 500kHz maritime distress frequency monitoring and mandated that all passenger-carrying ships carry licensed radio telegraph operators.[9]
Notable radio operators
- Harold Bride, assistant radio operator of Template:RMS
- Harold Cottam, radio operator of Template:RMS during the sinking of RMS Titanic
- Jack Binns, last radio operator of Template:RMS
- Jack Phillips, chief radio operator of Titanic
- Cyril Evans, radio operator of Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:WPSHIPS utilities/data' not found. during the sinking of Titanic
- Robert Leith, last chief radio operator of Template:RMS
- Graynella Packer, one of the first female radio operators aboard a ship.
See also
- Wireless telegraphy
- Telegraphist
- Marconi International Marine Communication Company, one of the first wireless communication companies in history
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Radio Operators". www.bls.gov. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
- ^ GMDSS Radio Operator
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Radio Operator: Information About a Career as a Radio Operator". Study.com. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Being A Radio Operator: What You Really Do". www.owlguru.com. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Agent Radio Operation During World War II — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on January 9, 2008. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FSGT Roy Edward Brook". 6 October 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Handley Page Hampden Mk I AD730, 18 Apr 1941". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WOP means Wireless Operator". All Acronyms. Retrieved 16 Apr 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1948, London, 10th June, 1948 (PDF), London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, January 1953, p. 169, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2015, retrieved 26 January 2018
External links
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