[ARC5] Long Range Low Band FM Contacts

[Robert Eleazer]

A friend of mine who was in the USAF in the 50's was stationed in West Germany and one day was relaxing under a tree during a field exercise, monitoring a PRC-10.  He heard messages from the Georgia Highway Patrol.

Another friend was helping to fight a brushfire down around Ft. Pierce, Florida and it was getting out of hand.  He sent out a call for help, as the fire was threatening a LORAN station.

He got a reply right away, "We can help and can respond with 26 units."

He replied "Great!  Where are you at?"

The answer came back, "Chicago."

I also read where in the 1970's the British Army was conducting exercises in Scotland and were suffering from interference from a hospital paging system.

The hospital was in New York City.   

Wayne
WB5WSV