[ARC5] The Regenerative Superhet - Armstrong meets Armstrong.

[Bart Lee]

"... how German agents in New York state expected to reach home
using makeshift antennas and transmit power less than 20 watts out."

I don't know either, but Sunspots were quite high in 1939 and 1940, so HF
propagation would have been quite good.

73 de Bart, K6VK ##
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On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 6:03 PM Dave Rossetti <drossetti at comcast.net> wrote:

> German submarines operated of the shores of Long Island. Perhaps they were
> the relay station.
>
> Dave Rossetti
> 410-279-0226 mobile
>
> On Jan 15, 2023 2:17 AM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
>
> AP5 is an interesting schematic, many thanks for posting.
>
> Aerial circuit is a balanced wire tuner.
>
> Tx osc tube has selectable switched feedback capacitors like for overtone
> crystal oscillation.
>
> Regenerative detector.
>
> A lot of function from minimum tube count.
>
>
>
> As for the distance, the home station had very good antennas and
> receivers, trained operators, and higher
>
> powered transmitters.
>
>
>
> What I still have NOT been able to figure out, is how German agents in New
> York state expected to reach home
>
> using makeshift antennas and transmit power less than 20 watts out. Was
> there a relay station somewhere?
> No one knows !
>
> “Agent 146” I read, attended ‘Sharkhunters’ reunions in the Chicago area
> in the 1980s, but no one among the hosts
>
> was tech enough to ask some intelligent questions like this. Now that
> opportunity is closed.
>
> -Hue Miller
>
>
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