[ARC5] Testing battleship radios

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 3 Nov 2012 at 8:28, Robert  Eleazer wrote:

> One of my high school teachers, an early 1930's graduate of the Naval
> Academy, described testing radios intended for use on WWII Navy ships.
> 
> They tested the radio to ensure it was up to spec, then hung it from a
> long rope, pulled it back, and let it slam into a steel wall.  Then
> they took it down and tested it again.  It not only still had to work;
> if it had shifted frequency by more than 1 KC it failed.

Well, I dunno about that particular test, but I DO know that Grumman would 
drop-test their airplanes to test the strength of their landing gear.

The Hellcat was finally hauled to the top of the factory ceiling, about 30 feet 
as I recall it, and dropped. No damage occurred.

I don't know if it had all its radio gear installed at the time.

Ken W7EKB