[Boatanchors] WW2 Radios In The Movies...

[J. Forster]

That's a wonderful thing, especially since you knew the original user.
Provinance like that is hard to beat.

Make sure you write it up and keep the write-up together with the set.

-John

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> I have on display in my shack an original SST-1 transmitter that was
> standard issue for allied agents during that time.  It was given to me
> by W4OVE (SK) who was in the OSS.  He told me he took it behind the
> German lines during the Normandy invasion, to report troop movements.
> He was able to bring it home with him after the war.  It's now about 68
> years old.
>
> It is in excellent condition.  I've even had it on the air (40 meters)
> and it worked fine, with the original 6L6GT tube, etc.  I reformed the
> caps before hand.
>
> It is made to operate from 3 to 14 Mc (MHz) xtal controlled and has a
> built in antenna tuner.  It is tuned for maximum brilliance on a panel
> mounted #47 pilot light indicator.  Crude by today's standards, but it
> works well.
>
> I'm watching the"Wish Me Luck" series in hopes to be able to see one of
> these there.  I couldn't see enough of the one field rig I've seen so
> far.  It was a shot from the side showing mostly the suitcase  The
> actors were shown using an external key.  My SST-1 has the key built
> into the top panel, but also a plug for and external key..
>
> Ray, W4BYG
>
>
> On 6/5/2012 1:03 PM, Kenneth Grimm wrote:
>> Netflix has three seasons, 23 episodes of Wish Me Luck.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Ken - K4XL
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:34 PM,<WA5CAB at cs.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> I concur.  We watched the entire series last year.
>>>
>>> Robert D.
>>>
>>> In a message dated 06/05/2012 11:17:32 AM Central Daylight Time,
>>> bcarling at cfl.rr.com writes:
>>>> WW2 era Radio Training Depicted
>>>>
>>>> 1942 spy radios just spotted in a great TV drama from the UK  (ITV)
>>>> made
>>>> in 1988
>>>> and following...
>>>>
>>>> The series of shows is called: WISH ME LUCK
>>>>
>>>> I have just watched all of Season One - and there are 8 wonderful
>>>> episodes.
>>>>
>>>> This might be old news to some, but I just discovered this wonderful
>>>> series available
>>>> on Netflix, "Wish Me Luck." A great little drama series - only the
>>>> first
>>>> series of 8 episodes is
>>>> on Netflix. They have about 3 series available elsewhere for a higher
>>> fee.
>>>> Maybe Netflix has
>>>> the rest on DVD?
>>>>
>>>> It's so wonderful. Episode2 grabbed me when it depicted radio training
>>>> both telegraphy AND
>>>> radio repair classes. They have a nice collection of R107 and R1155
>>>> radio
>>>> sets, and they
>>>> actually work on a few of them too.
>>>>
>>>> In episode 3 one of the ops will send their first clandestine
>>> transmisison
>>>> from France to
>>>> England. Oh wait... am I supposed to be keeping this secret? (grin!)
>>>>
>>>> Episodes 4 and 5 show a lot of radio comms and a young lady who is
>>>> stringing up
>>>> antennas in various locations, and almost gets caught by the German
>>>> occupation guys.
>>>> It's a great drama with plenty of interest to radio enthusiasts. The
>>>> radios look something like
>>>> these:
>>>>
>>>> SUITCASE SETS PDF book by G3ETA
>>>>
>>>> Back in England the comms station uses a nice old RCA AR88 receiver
>>>> which
>>>> is shown
>>>> several times in a couple of the episodes. Lots of close ups of radio
>>>> ops
>>>> sending and
>>>> receiving encoded CW messages, with cans on their heads.
>>>>
>>>> This is probably the best TV drama series including WW2 radio I have
>>> seen.
>>>> If you have Netflix you can get 8 episodes of WISH ME LUCK as
>>>> streaming
>>>> video. I am not
>>>> trying to promote them. I sure wish they had seasons 2 and 3
>>>> available!
>>>>
>>>> Bry AF4K (Ex-G3XLQ)
>>>>
>>> Robert Downs - Houston
>>> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
>>> MVPA 9480
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