[ARC5] The Favorite Radios by the WWII troops who used them

[millerke6f at aol.com]

A reading of the three Green Books published by the Government on the Signal Corps during WWII are a great resource if one really wants to get an education on how radio communications went down in WWII.  Oddly command sets, while mentioned in passing, were not the radios cited as making a difference in the war effort, but the more lowly radios like the BC-1000 and the components that made up the BC-191 sets ranked as the real real radio heroes of the era.  The books also point out that the bulk of war communications was handled by Wire and not by radio.  Multi-Channel systems also played a much larger role that I would have expected on both wire and radio links. 
     The Green Books also point out the huge waste of radio materiel during the war due to incompetent Quartermaster personnel and a host of other major logistic FUBARs where tons and tons of radio equipment rotted on the beaches of various war zones.  


I wonder how many on the list have had the opportunity or access to the Green Books.  They are a real treat for folks and fellow hams interested in not only the technical history of this equipment but also how the stuff was actually used and abused.  Great reads


73
Bob
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