[ARC5] Radio on the Frontlines: WWI and WWII | DPLA

[Dave Sublette]

The whole thing struck me as being shallow and vague.  I think there is a
much better account of amateur radio's role in WWI in the book, "200 Meters
and Down" by Clinton B. Desoto.  There may be some pro-ARRL bias in that
one, but the detail is much better.

Dave, K4TO

On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 7:56 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

>
> > https://dp.la/exhibitions/radio-golden-age/radio-frontlines
>
> >Hmmm....my main problem with that link is that the author mentions the
> use of transistors in WWII.
> >No.
> >Ken W7EKB
>
> "The American army made some adaptations with the development of a
> "horse-pack set," which used a hand generator and was strapped to the side
> of a horse."
> This seems to say it was operated like this.
> I cannot think of any set where the crank was operated while generator
> still on the saddle pack. Maybe the SCR-203 ? I don't want to look for the
> manual
> right now.
>
> "There was some experimentation with troop entertainment via radio
> transmission, too, with broadcasts aimed at Navy ships at sea and wounded
> sailors recovering in hospitals."
> Broadcasts?
> How does this nonsense originate?
> Someone read a thing or two, and is writing a summary based on his
> scrambled memory ?
> The internet makes it easier for anyone to get into print. I mean, anyone.
> And dispense with fact checkers.
> -Hue
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