[ARC5] Ht-4 Query

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The following excerpted from another message.   The book (new one on  
me) was published in 1944 BTW.  Copy currently listed on AbeBooks for  
$45.  Anyone know more -  other books, better sources, etc?   I'm  
certain that underseas cable as available Hawaii to the mainland by  
that time (see Q. 2 below).

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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My name is Gerrit Jan Huijsman, callsign : PA0GJH, I am investigating  
a story about the Hallicrafters high power amateurradio transmitter  
HT-4. Perhaps you can help me or perhaps you know sombody who can.,  
According to the story in the book The HT-4 goes to war by Will  
H.Connelly the owner of Hallicrafters, Bill Halligan was visited in  
august 1942 by an FBI-agent who demanded an HT-4. As there were none  
available and the production was stopped. Bill provided his own  
personal transmitter. It was shipped the same day to Hawai with a  
bomberaircraft, where it was used to inform the main land of USA  on  
december 7th about the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor., The questions  
I have are:,
1.      Why the hurry?,
2.      Was there no other means of communications available?,
3.      The HT-4 was installed on Hawai  in august 1942. The attack  
took place on december 7th, where ther rumours about an oncomming  
attack?,

I am using the information fora n article in the Dutch Amateur Radio  
Magazine Elextron. The HT-4 was, as you probably know, modified into a  
military version called BC610 and was widespread used on battlefields  
during WOII as part of the mobile installation SCR-299. After the war  
the equipment became in use by the Netherlands army. Today several  
BC610’s are used by radioameurs in this country., I hope that you can  
give some information., 73, Gerrit Jan, PA0GJH