[ARC5] [Milsurplus] Mitsubishi A6M3 "Zeke" Radios

[Hubert Miller]

I have somewheres in my to-do pile another magazine article where a Japanese pilot explains how his group improved radio 
communications by shielding or by resistor spark plugs - I don’t recall. My intention is to post that quote here.
Your post indicates that strangely enough, this solution was not completely adopted.
-Hue Miller

>The September and October issues of Air Classics have a great article on the 339th FS in the Solomon Islands 1942/1943 time period.
They note for a Japanese Zeke (aka Zero)  Model 22 of the 204th Air Group: "Note the plane lacks a radio mast.  This, along with the
radio, was removed to save weight since the unshielded engine harness made radio communications almost impossible to understand."
73 Mark K3MSBI