[ARC5] Radios and the Canal

[w5sum]

the coastwatchers used a couple of different sets but primarily the 3-B-Z 
teleradio made by I think AWA. It was considered a miracle of 
miniaturization at the time, , it broke down into a transmitter, receiver, 
powersuppy/speaker, batteries and charging engine and benzine to run the 
engine, and could be carried by as few as 25 natives!!!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 7:33 AM
Subject: [ARC5] Radios and the Canal


>I am reading a book on the WWII campaign in the Solomons Islands.  It 
>emphasizes the important role played by radio interception, both for 
>breaking enemy codes and for D/Fing or enemy force locations.
>
> The book says that a radio interception team was sent to Guadalcanal soon 
> after our invasion, equipped with Hallicrafters receivers.  I guess I am 
> surprised they would use a Hallicrafters for such work, since there must 
> have been better receivers available, but perhaps they needed wider 
> frequency coverage than the 1.5-18 MHZ that was so common with WWII 
> military receivers.  It seems that one of the receivers turned up missing 
> during the arrival and its case was found some time later; the Marines had 
> been using it for an oven.
>
> The USN took off soon after dumping the Marines on the island, before 
> unloading all of the supplies and so for some time the only long range 
> radio the US forces on the island had available was with captured Japanese 
> equipment.
>
> The book mentions often the vital work of the coastwatchers, who provided 
> observations on Japanese movements. I wonder what kind of equipment they 
> had?
>
> Wayne
>
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