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

Sun, 25 May 2003 12:07:14 -0500

At least one model of the American crank powered gen sets had a chain which 
could be wrapped around a log or whatever was handy to hold it 
steady.  With the log on the ground and sitting on a c-rat box or whatever 
peddling would be quite possible.
73  Gary

At 09:11 PM 5/24/03 -0700, Hue Miller wrote:

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>From: "Kevin Kibbe" <[email protected]>
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> > That has always made me wonder... Why hand cranked? Why not leg powered as
> > in a bike?
>
>That's a really good question. Germany and Italy had
>seated, bicycle crank type generators. I would think
>that would be a lot less tiring.
>Hue
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