[ARC5] ZB discussion!

[Lenox Carruth]

The way I understand it was that those frequencies were way above what the
Japanese could do during the war.  I have never heard of them having a
surveillance capability anywhere near those frequencies.  It was a while
before we got the TBS at those frequencies.  Radar was another matter, of
course.

Not only that but it was essentially a line-of-sight system so an enemy
snooper would have to be fairly close to the transmitter to pick up the
signal.  As I recall, and I don't have the manual handy, the beam rotated so
the signal would not have been constant for someone wanting to home in on
it.  

I guess I am going to have to go look for the manual.

Lenox




-----Original Message-----
From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of gordon white

I have always wondered at the use of the ZB by carriers. Couldn't the 
Japanese have simply homed in on the carrier wave like a DF fix on a 
broadcast station?

- Gordon White
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