[ARC5] [BoatAnchors] Ht-4 Query

Thu Oct 23 13:13:46 EDT 2014

Japan had midget subs operating in that area.  I wonder if they had the
depth and search capability to identify a comm cable and then cut it with
simple remote tool.  Probably not.  I know we caught and sunk some of those
little guys in and around Dec 7 so they probably weren't very capable
machines.

Dennis AE6C

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Raymond Cote <universal_comm at reagan.com>
wrote:

> AT&T was(is) in Waianae on the leeward coast. Like most cable support
> units it was underground and was hardened and access was by elevator and
> had a large blast door.
> I know this as I was involved in dismantling much of the electronics
> utilized in the Hawaii to Guam cable. After I finished in Waianae, I went
> to Guam and removed the electronic racks, loaded them in 2 40 foot
> containers Nd shipped to Honolulu to store at the Univ of Hawaii marine
> center.
> Such fun.
>
> Raymond Cote
> KD9CCZ
> Hurrah!
> My new "general" ham radio call sign
>
>
> > On Oct 23, 2014, at 01:40, Richard Knoppow via BoatAnchors <
> boatanchors at theporch.com> wrote:
> >
> >   I highly suspect this story for several reasons. For one thing the
> first telephone cable to Hawaii was installed in 1957. An article about
> this can be found at:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAW-1
> > While telegraph cables date back to before the Civil War the first long
> voice cable was not installed until about the late 1950s.  Overseas
> telephone service was done via radio. AT&T set up the first telephone
> service to England in the mid-1920s (I have forgotten the exact date) using
> long wave (about 150 khz) and short wave service followed in the early
> 1930s. Telephone service to Hawaii was provided by both AT&T and RCA
> Communications with terminal stations near San Francisco on the main land
> and for RCA at Kahuku Point, I am not sure where the AT&T station was.
> These stations were very certainly operating by the mid-1930s and would
> have provided whatever telephone communication was necessary.
> >   Also, prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor civilian manufacturers in
> the U.S. continued their civilian line of equipment.  After the entry of
> the U.S. in the war most production was turned to defense.  Prior to the
> war Hallicrafters had begun manufacturing a medium-power transmitter for
> ham use under the model number HT-4. Hallicrafters was approached by the
> Signal Corps about making this transmitter avaiable to the military.  The
> signal corps requred some modifications to the civilian version to make it
> more rugged particularly as it was intended to be mounted ina trailer for
> mobile use. The story of this can be found in promotional movie made by
> Hallicrafters called "The Voice of Victory" which can be found at
> http://www.archive.org and also on u-tube  A google search will find it.
> Also, the story of the FBI being involved in this is somewhat fishy.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Richard Knoppow
> > Los Angeles
> > WB6KBL
> > dickburk at ix.netcom.com
> >
> >
> > - Original Message ----- From: "mac via ARC5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> > To: <T-368_BC-610 at yahoogroups.com>; "Arc5 mail list" <
> arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; "porch.boat Radios" <boatanchors at theporch.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:07 PM
> > Subject: [ARC5] Ht-4 Query
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > *************
> >
> > 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
> > BC610s are used by radioameurs in this country., I hope that you can
> > give some information., 73, Gerrit Jan, PA0GJH
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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