NN7NIC 1929 Nicaragua
NN7NIC U.S. Marines
U.S. Naval Radio Station NAZ
Transmitter Room
Campo Marte, Managua, Nicaragua
Operators:
Carl O.Wyman ("Wy"), chief operator of NN7NIC and the
enlisted man in charge of transmitters, U.S. Naval Radio Station
NAZ.
Rex R. Stillwell, 2nd chief operator of NN7NIC and maintenance
man, U.S. Naval Radio Station NAZ.
Carl O. Wyman enlisted in the U.S.Marine Corps on October 22, 1926. Before joining the Marine Corps he was a commercial telegraph operator in Michigan. He was the chief operator at NN7NIC in Managua, Nicaragua in 1928. He rose to the rank of Colonel in the Marine Corps. He was an ionosphere scientist at Little America V in 1957 and was one of the operators at KC4USA. Mount Wyman, Antactica is named for him.
Rex R. Stillwell, ex-nu5ADP,
enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on October 22, 1927. His first
duty was with the Marine Detachment aboard the U.S.S. Florida at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In 1928 he was assigned to the power unit
section of U.S. Naval Radio Station NAZ, Managua, Nicaragua and
was second chief operator of NN7NIC. He rose to the rank of Lt.
Colonel in the Marine Corps.
--W5KNE
QSL from the estate of W3CJ
Info courtesy of W5KNE