[Hallicrafters] RBK

[Roger D Johnson]

TC Dailey wrote:
> The US Navy also used these receivers for "intercept" of Japanese SUBMARINE
> RADARS.  The Japanese radar sets were only about 2-4 mcs away from ours.
> They didn't have the ability to pick ours up, but the reverse was in our
> favor.  Later on, sharp skippers learned to get a bearing from the Jap sub,
> using the intercepted radar signal, and fire a spread of torps' by the fix
> only - worked like a champ, and after-war interviews of Jap sub crews
> revealed that many of 'em had no idea of where the shot came from.
> 
> Info first heard from old Chiefs at Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare School, San
> Diego - I was a staff communicator at COMTRAPAC - lots of great stories and
> lore there.
> 
> Tom - WØEAJ

For those interested, here is a good website:

http://www.vectorsite.net/ttwiz.html

73, Roger CWO4, USCG (ret)

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