[ARC5] Airplane radios in tanks

[Michael Bittner]

General Elwood (Pete) Quesada was the man most responsible for getting 
aircraft and ground units to talk to one another in the European theatre of 
operations.  Just thought someone should mention it.  Mike, W6MAB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lenox Carruth" <radios at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment.'" 
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Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Airplane radios in tanks


>I have read that, in some tank battles, the Germans were using AM in the
> same band as the American FM radios and the AM was ineffective under the 
> FM
> chatter.  The AM didn't bother the Americans.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
> On
> Behalf Of mac
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 5:48 PM
> To: Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment.; Meyer Gottesman
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Airplane radios in tanks
>
> Low power in the AM mode but works very  well.  On a par with the
> GRC-9 and BC-1306.  Regular and very effective participant in the
> MRCG field days we run out here in Southern California.
>
> Dennis D. W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
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> On Feb 21, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Meyer Gottesman wrote:
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>> The 807 grid modulation makes AM less than useless...........
>
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