[ARC5] SCR-287 (BC-375 & BC-348) WW II Operational Question

[Sudipta Ghose]

I am from the VU Land. I have handled several BC-221s. All of them were
heterodyne frequency meters. Still have one in my attick.
Regards and 73,
Sudipta Ghose VU2UT

One of those ... ..

On Sat, 4 Oct, 2025, 02:01 Hubert Miller, <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> Why would you think it was used as a voice transmitter ? But there is the
> crux of the problem - why contact the tower by CW when you are that close ?
> I don't recall what size plane it was, but i think large enough to have
> pilot voice radio. Failing that, i think maybe a light gun could come into
> play.
> I once bought a LARGE HEAVY "German receiver off an Italian cruiser"  that
> came via same gentleman. The fellow who then owned it next, right before
> me, bought this tale. I was similarly flummoxed before i put 2 and 2
> together and realized Germany had no 9 pin minis in the war years.  The rec
> was a 2 man and a boy lift. I found some photo of it in CQ mag. I am
> wondering right now if i could find it in that large book on Western
> world's SW communication receivers.
>
> Live and learn, a fool is soon parted from his money, and...so on.
>
> While i'm on this topic, i am reminded of an article in good old CQ, this
> a war years memoir, which was 100% BS. Maybe more than 100%.  I wondered,
> how could the editor be so dumb ? Author supposedly met Roosevelt,
> Churchill and more, and supposedly convinced the navies to adopt VLF for
> convoy communications. Pure, streaming BS. I do have to admit, though, in
> earlier decades i was snowed by supposed true "veteran accounts" which were
> purest BS. My BS detector is better calibrated now.
> -Hue Miller
>
>
>
> Sent from my Galaxy
>
>
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