[ARC5] WW2 Sw Listening - ARC5 Digest, Vol 82, Issue 6

Tue Nov 2 19:48:50 EDT 2010

Inner Sanctum Creeeeeeek
Thanx
Lloyd Godsey  KK7IZ
kk7iz at cox.net
480-620-7145
www.kk7iz-parts.com
www.lloydsdipsydumpster.com/

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From: "Henry Mei'l's" <meils at get2net.dk>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 3:41 PM
To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment." 
<arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [ARC5] WW2 Sw Listening - ARC5 Digest, Vol 82, Issue 6

> What was the name of that horror-thriller show -- a creaking door was part
> of the opening sound effects ? Think it
> may have been on weekends late afternoons -- really scared me if I 
> listened
> to it when no else was home.
> Henry (again)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Henry Mei'l's" <meils at get2net.dk>
> To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment."
> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 11:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] WW2 Sw Listening - ARC5 Digest, Vol 82, Issue 6
>
>
>> Death Valley, wasn't that narrated by the "Old Ranger" - can hear the
>> theme
>> music even now  - loved that show.
>>
>> its-me-again-Henry, vintage 1943
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Lloyd Godsey" <kk7iz at cox.net>
>> To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment."
>> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:40 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] WW2 Sw Listening - ARC5 Digest, Vol 82, Issue 6
>>
>>
>>> !938 my dad bought a used 1936 116X console. 250-390 kcs.,  broadcast
>>> thru
>>> 22 mcs.
>>> I started grade school in Sept 1941. War started in Dec.
>>> Dad ran what seemed like 1/2 mile of wire up the side of the canyon we
>>> lived
>>> in.
>>> Wish I could remember it all. Much short wave listening. Neighbors came
>>> over
>>> to listen.
>>> All I wanted to hear was Don Winslow, navy pilot and Capt Midnight.
>>> Do remember Death Valley days. Scared the hell out of me.
>>> In case you haven't figured it out, I just turned 75. Still remember the
>>> paper drives, scrap metal drives,
>>> Women's auxiliary rolling bandages in the kitchen.
>>> Always a 2 gallon percolator of coffee on the back of the wood cook 
>>> range
>>> in
>>> the kitchen.
>>> I have found a Philco 116B (tombstone) and 116X (console) and restored
>>> them.
>>> Thanx
>>> Lloyd Godsey  KK7IZ
>>> kk7iz at cox.net
>>> 480-620-7145
>>> www.kk7iz-parts.com
>>> www.lloydsdipsydumpster.com/
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Henry Mei'l's" <meils at get2net.dk>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 2:17 PM
>>> To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment."
>>> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] WW2 Sw Listening - ARC5 Digest, Vol 82, Issue 6
>>>
>>>> Come on somebody, don't let me be the last guy on this nostalgia thing!
>>>> Henry, Cph.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Henry Mei'l's" <meils at get2net.dk>
>>>> To: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>; "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 
>>>> military
>>>> radio equipment." <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:06 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] WW2 Sw Listening - ARC5 Digest, Vol 82, Issue 6
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Renfrew (sp?) of the Mounties
>>>>>
>>>>> Henry M
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
>>>>> To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment."
>>>>> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:00 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] WW2 Sw Listening - ARC5 Digest, Vol 82, Issue 6
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> And the Lone Ranger and  Captain Midnight.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob Macklin
>>>>>> K5MYJ
>>>>>> Seattle, Wa.
>>>>>> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "Henry Mei'l's" <meils at get2net.dk>
>>>>>> To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment."
>>>>>> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 1:53 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] WW2 Sw Listening - ARC5 Digest, Vol 82, Issue 6
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Only the Shadow knows what lurks within the hearts of...." ;0)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Henry, Copen.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>>> From: "Donald Sanders" <w4bws at yahoo.com>
>>>>>>> To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 8:45 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] WW2 Sw Listening - ARC5 Digest, Vol 82, Issue 6
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In reference to listening to shortwave radio during the WW2, I was
>>>>>>> born
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> 1940
>>>>>>> so I listened after I was 6 yrs old. However, I remember sitting in
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> living
>>>>>>> room with my father and mother listening to the big Silvertone
>>>>>>> console
>>>>>>> radio
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> my dad tuned in several shortwave stations to get news of the war
>>>>>>> effort.
>>>>>>> We
>>>>>>> also enjoyed the green hornet, The Shadow, music from top of the
>>>>>>> building
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> New
>>>>>>> orleans and many others.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I got interested and at age 8 built my first regen receiver and 6L6
>>>>>>> transmitter
>>>>>>> with the help of an Elmer. I found him by listening to 160 meters 
>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>> day.He
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> talking with another local fellow and told how to get to his house.
>>>>>>> It
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>> 2 miles from my house and I told my mother I was going there and the
>>>>>>> address.
>>>>>>> Hopped on my bike, rang the door bell and the rest is history as 
>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>> say.
>>>>>>> Don W4BWS/HC4
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>>>>> From: "arc5-request at mailman.qth.net" <arc5-request at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Message: 3
>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 14:00:01 -0500 (CDT)
>>>>>>> From: Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Ham Radio Intercept of military Comminciations
>>>>>>> To: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>, "Discussion of AN/ARC-5
>>>>>>> military radio equipment." <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>>>> Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1011021355190.5115 at localhost>
>>>>>>> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010, Robert Eleazer wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As for other ham intercepts, remember that SW listening was
>>>>>>>> discouraged
>>>>>>>>in WWII and many of the better quality commercial SW receivers were
>>>>>>>>taken
>>>>>>>>by the government for its own use. Considering that the air over the
>>>>>>>>USA
>>>>>>>>was alive with many thousands of aircraft, and the associated radio
>>>>>>>>communications must have been quite extensive, I find it remarkable
>>>>>>>>that
>>>>>>>>I have never heard anyone recall listening to that comm at their
>>>>>>>>home.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know anything about SW listening being discouraged, but this
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> a period of time when many home radios, console and table model, 
>>>>>>> were
>>>>>>> equipped to receive shortwave broadcasting. But maybe network
>>>>>>> broadcast
>>>>>>> radio was so good then that few people were interested in shortwave
>>>>>>> listening.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Message: 4
>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:14:56 -0700
>>>>>>> From: Bob Macklin <macklinbob at msn.com>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Ham Radio Intercept of military Comminciations
>>>>>>> To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment."
>>>>>>> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>>>> Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP1454719B01C41A227F8DE5AC5490 at phx.gbl>
>>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>>>>>> reply-type=original
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To use those SW radios you had to have an outdoor antenna. These
>>>>>>> radios
>>>>>>> were
>>>>>>> also the main radio in home. They were used for other entertainment.
>>>>>>> There
>>>>>>> was NO TV in those days. Trying to find aircraft radios on those
>>>>>>> things
>>>>>>> would have been difficult. They had no bandspread. And only the top
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> line radios had the GREEN TUNING EYE!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bob Macklin
>>>>>>> K5MYJ
>>>>>>> Seattle, Wa.
>>>>>>> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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