[ARC5] [Milsurplus] "1917"

[Rich Post]

Err, "noise".  Beginning to despise auto-spell corrections.

On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 12:21 AM Rich Post <kb8tad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, the BC-14A  (SCR-54A) manual mentioned a certain possible accessory,
> a DT-3A with these curious connections marked "Tickler Coil Terminals".  It
> used a VT-1.   (see page 15 of manual)
> Here's a link to the manual and lots of others of that era.
> <https://radionerds.com/index.php/Radio_Communication_Pamphlets> Click on RA
> PA-03 1918 <https://radionerds.com/images/5/5e/RA_PA-03_3rd_Ed._1918.pdf>
> The Major was still a Captain at the time and working on something that
> would later be called a superheterodyne.
> The Wien quenched spark used a series of circular plates for small gaps of
> 0.2 MM each and about 1200 volts each for a tonal signature called the
> "whistling' arc.  It also made less poise locally.
> 73 de Rich KB8TAD
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> On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 6:43 PM Mike Feher <n4fs at eozinc.com> wrote:
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>> Most WWI radios were still spark. Although they did have some using
>> tubes. 73 – Mike
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>> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
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>> milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Gene Smar via Milsurplus
>> Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2020 3:45 PM
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>> Subject: [Milsurplus] "1917"
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>> If you haven't seen the movie "1917" and intend to, read no further.  Hit
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>>      My YF and I went to the local theater to see "1917" last evening.
>> It was riveting and an edge-of-the-seat experience.
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>>      However, being an experienced Ham radio operator and one who also
>> collects milrads and is, therefore, familiar with the evolution of RF
>> technologies over the past century-plus, the basic plot of the movie
>> disturbed me a bit.  Weren't there wireless sets of appropriate capability
>> extant during the spring of 1917 (the period during which the movie's action
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>> occurred) to enable one British HQ field office to contact another only a
>> day's walk away and warm the remote forces of the trap being set for them
>> by the Kaiser's forces?  Would it have been unnecessary to send two Brits
>> on a march across No Man's Land to deliver a written message to the forces
>> in danger?
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>>      I didn't mention anything about this conundrum to my YF who paid the
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>> $20 for the tickets until we were in the car after the movie.  Might the
>> state-of-the-art at the time have made this movie plot more of a fantasy
>> than it was portrayed?
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>> 73 de
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>> Gene Smar  AD3F
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