[Hallicrafters] OSS-101 radio search and a 110 volt tree

[William L Howard]

I have received a request for information on a homemade radio set used
in Burma by kaachin tribesman. Does anyone have any information on this
set?

Thanks,

Bill Howard

Subject: Re: WW II OSS-101 radio search


> It is my understanding that the SSTR-1 was a commercially made version
which ran on 110VAC. It was not useful in the jungle and was returned by
the OSS101 folk to DC. (But not after a picture was taken in the jungle
of someone plugging the radio into a tree labeled "110V Tree")
>
> The original was just called the OSS101 radio, and ran on batteries
only. It was built in the field.  I am trying to find an OSS Project 101
CW transmitter that was deigned by the OSS and operated by the Kachin
tribesmen in Burma during the campaign.
> >
 If I can't find a surviving radio, might you know of a source for a
picture of one or a surviving schematic? The goal is to build a
reproduction  with original vintage components, to be donated to the CIA
Museum  OSS section.


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