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

[Kent Stevens]

Sounds interesting.

On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 5:26 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> I  have a German "trench set" ca. 1917, model " M.Fuk. " I think, which
> type name represents "Medium size wireless set".
> This model is seen in one volume of Fritz Trenkle's 3 volume set, and was
> also subject of an AWA article last year. It's the
> size of a bushel apple box. The receiver is a crystal detector, but
> Trenkle's text says it was mostly used with external vacuum
> tube detector to improve sensitivity and thus working range. I really need
> to sell this thing off this summer. Before I can do
> that, I want to trace and draw the circuit, get more photos, and translate
> a letter I have from the manufacturer. I last tried
> it out around 1980, a long time ago. The cascade of sparks down the
> "quenched gap" was a marvelous sight to behold. It also
> occurred to me, I could do one last "broadcast" on 500 kHz, the famous old
> ship frequency.
> -Hue Miller
>
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