What does a shortwave operator do?

Send and receive short wave information.

Short-wave operator refers to the technical personnel who are engaged in short-wave message sending and receiving, and is mainly responsible for sending and receiving short-wave messages, maintaining short-wave message sending and receiving equipment, checking the running status of short-wave message sending and receiving equipment, and completing related maintenance work.

Teleoperator, whose full name is "radio operator", is also called "radio operator" and used to be "telegraph operator". Refers to the person in charge of the ship's radio communication and radio navigation equipment, and only accepts the leadership of the captain (and political commissar).