[ARC5] Talking to Airplanes From the Ground

[Tim]

Hi Hue - I agree that it is misleading, I didn't mean to state that was
it's ONLY use.  It was offered in the context of this thread - Talking to
Airplanes From the Ground - The SCR-284 surely was used by them for
ground-ground communications; I am sure Bob would agree.  S/SGT Bob may
have been a bit confused during the context of EMail exchanges.  The key
phrase is "*during* an airdrop"; but this is exactly what he wrote to me:

" I just thought you would like some general information on the use of the
SCR 284 by Merrill’s Marauders.
The only use we had for the 284 was for ground to air communication during
an air drop of supplies or with small aircraft such as the L4 & L5. it was
the only radio equipment we had that covered the 4 MHz frequency range of
the aircraft at the time. The receiver was operated on battery, we didn’t
have any converters and it was tough enough cranking the generator for
transmission, which was only by voice. We generally consider it a dog,
which took up much of the carrying weight of a mule."

I am certainly not going to second-guess a guy who was there, on the
ground, operating radios, while being shot at...In deference to his
advanced age and status (to me) I did not press the question.  Several of
us (notably on ARMYRADIOS) have been over this ground before - the use of
HF radio in Burma and the mysterious "V-100", but that's another topic.
Thanks for your feedback - interesting stuff to me anyway..
Tim
N6CC

On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 11:54 AM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> *>As noted by Bob, a Merrill’s Marauders Burma veteran (in the Comments
> section below), the SCR-284 was only used for ground-air communications and
> was considered a “dog”. *
>
>
>
> I wonder if  you may want to slightly reword this line.
>
> To something like, "The SCR-284 was the only radio used for ground – air
> communications…."
>
> Because otherwise it doesn't seem to make sense, as the SCR-284 was surely
> used for the long range comms too.
>
> The Clayton Ogburn book recounts such a scene, trying to make contact with
> the distant station.
>
> The SCR-284 for this purpose, a "long range patrol" type thing, would seem
> to be not the best of all possible choices.
>
> It's big, and the high frequency limit is 5900 kHz. I think the Brit B2 or
> the Navy's TCH / Collins 18M would have been
>
> more practical. Just my opinion. The TRC-10 as I have read, was not
> available in time, and in fact, maybe never was
>
> available.
>
> -Hue Miller
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