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

[J. Forster]

> It seems to have worked. You pick the biggerst gorilla in the company, of
> course.
> While the coastwatchers in the Pacific (apparently) only
> used gas engine generators and wet cells, the guerillas
> in the Philippines used US sets with handcranked
> generators. Maybe this was because that's all the US
> had in it's storehouse, maybe because these forces
> were surrounded by greater enemy numbers and had
> to be more mobile?

There is a big difference between guerilla and tank operations. In the former,
most of the time the radio would likely be shut down or on receive. Transmissions
would be once or twice a day, if that.  I don't think that's how tanks operated.

> I like the 19 set, actually, or else i wouldn't have 5 of them.
> But you have to admit, for purely tank use, the FM Jukebox
> was a better idea, when it appeared. You push the button
> for the channel, you talk. Maybe not as much fun for the
> aftermarket.
> Hue

The FM jukebox was supposed to be the B set function, IMO.-John