[The WS No19] RE: [Milsurplus] Re: British Army Radio During WWII

[Hue Miller]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor@quik.com>

> > As for versatile, would you describe its CW operation as easy to use,
> > versatile?
> > The 3 US sets you mention have full cw break-in. Versatile?
> 
> Was full break-in really necessary in military operations with good net
> operating procedures? IMO, likely not.

No, except for recon longer range use, under poor conditions,
maybe. Someone thought it was a good idea, apparently.
> 
> 
> > All 3 US sets you mention were usable in self-powered field mode,
> 
> Hand carts with batteries? Schlepped up mountains?

No, leave the handcarts and wet batteries to the Brits.
These US sets all had handcrank power generators, in
addition to available dynamotor or vibrator supplies.
Totally packable.
Hue