Interesting. In probably 1957 or such, a fellow student received materials from the Soviet Embassy in DC, requested for a geography class report. ( yes, apparently there was a call from the FBI). Anyway, there was a photo in one of the magazines of some Russian students engaged in radio. There was an ARC-5 (sic) TX with a strange mic seemingly attached to it. No modulator, no receiver. Propaganda, obvious. So, guess they did have some of that stuff.

On 12/05/2025 11:57 AM EST Dave Merrill <[email protected]> wrote:

Good Day Group,

Lately, I've been curious about Lend-Lease materiel supplied to the Soviet Union during WWII. Over 425,000 vehicles, mostly 2-1/2 ton trucks, arrived and were essential for logistics support. If Napoleon had access to ten-wheel drive trucks (and gasoline) we might be living in a different world, but that's another story.

Eventually I got to the Bell Airacobra P-39 which found great success with Soviet pilots and accounted for more Luftwaffe kills than any other US-built aircraft on the Eastern front. Pilots were impressed with the radio equipment, which as far as I can tell was the SCR-274N. I wonder how many sets wound up in Russian ham shacks after the war?

--... ...-- Dave N9ZC