The supplies and relieve of colleagues were boarded by helicopter. Before these supplies were ordered by telegram to the shipping agency. I can recall telegram forwarding sessions with Capetownradio/ZSC, Durbanradio/ZSD or Singaporeradio/9VG with numerous SLT's (ships letter telegram) and it was always a good feeling that eventually all the ordered stuff was delivered by heli. (Yes, the fresh fruit and drinks were a favorite when reading the personal mail).

Of course there was VHF/HF radiotelephony available on board, but even in the Suez Canal and on the Orinoco River the morse code was a common practice of regular radiocommunication. I still remember the many kinds of insects that accompanied me in the radioroom on the Orinoco trips. Air-conditioned radioroom was not a common thing in these days.

Well these were just flashbacks of some of those radio days.....