[Hallicrafters] Halligan And German Tanks

[Roger]

Originally only the lower frequencies were thought to carry any
distance.
"I think (which means I really don't remember for sure), but this was
around the time when 10 meters was discovered to be far more than for
which it had originally been given credit.

Roger (K8RI - EN73 and ARRL Life Member)

> 
> It wouldn't be difficult, Duane. 30 Mc is the 10 meter band where a
few
> watts will take you around the world during sun spot activity. 73
> 
> Ed
> 
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:56:44 -0400 "Duane Fischer, W8DBF"
> <dfischer at usol.com> writes:
> >
> >
> > An elderly WW2 Vetern, and Ham since the thirties, told me that he
> > thinks
> > William Halligan, Sr. was the person who figured out that the
> > Germans were using
> > 30 Mcs for their Tank transmissions. The Germans presumed that the
> > range would
> > not be very far. Apparently William Halligan developed a receiver
> > that heard
> > them here in the United States.
> >
> > Does anyone know if this story is true? If so, what rx was
> > developed?
> >
> > DBF
> >
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