[ARC5] Airplane radios in tanks

[Gene Smar]

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From: "Lenox Carruth" <radios at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment.'" 
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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.

Gents:

     I also had read that Rommel's communications among his Afrika Corps 
tanks were intercepted by Hams on the US east coast, and that the freqs 
Rommel was operating on were in the 10M band.  It seems plausible to me - we 
all know what 10M can do when suspots are peaking, and wasn't 1940 on an 
upswing in sunspot activity?

     Inquiring minds want to know.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F