[ARC5] Development of radio during WWI

[k0ng at windstream.net]

I used to have a friend (SK) who lived in the country. He used to attach his
feedline to an old abandoned well. When asked what his antenna was, he simply
replied that it was well grounded.

73,  K0NG   ..

---- jmfranke <jmfranke at cox.net> wrote: 
> There was air to ground radio developed for directing artillery; BC-14 
> ground crystal set and airborne spark transmitter.  Armstrong developed 
> superhet while in France, etc.
> 
> John  WA4WDL
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 11:01 AM
> To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment." 
> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Development of radio during WWI
> 
> > During WWI there was a mode of telegraphy were ground current was used. 
> > The
> > stations used rods driven into the ground as their antennas. Not actually
> > radio but it did work. I have seen the patents on this mode that date back
> > to about 1898.
> >
> > Bob Macklin
> > K5MYJ
> > Seattle, Wa.
> > "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Ian Wilson" <ianmwilson73 at gmail.com>
> > To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment."
> > <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 7:52 AM
> > Subject: [ARC5] Development of radio during WWI
> >
> >
> >>I know this is somewhat off topic but it seemed like a good list to ask.
> >> I am preparing a short speech on some radio-related topic. It occurred to
> >> me that the changes in use and equipment during WW I must have been
> >> tremendous, and this would make a good speech topic.
> >>
> >> I thought there might have been some history in the early (1936) Radio
> >> Handbook
> >> that I have, but there is no mention of the period. I guess it was 
> >> distant
> >> past - in
> >> radio terms - by then.
> >>
> >> Any (on-line) references to this topic that the list members could
> >> recommend?
> >>
> >> 73, ian K3IMW
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