[Milsurplus] WW2 German FM?

[Hue Miller]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom B" <tbryan@nova.org>

Not quite true.  I did some looking through some books I have here and I
found a reference to a set that was made in 1945.  In the book the receiver
and transmitter are called UkW E. (FM) and 10W.S.(FM).  The fequency range
is slightly different from most of the other tank sets, 25-27.1 MHz.

"Die mit amplitudenmodulation arbeitende Schallmessan Fu 18 sollte durch
einen bei Lorenz neuentwickelten geraetesatz (Nr.?) mit Frequenzmoduiation
im Bereich 25,0 - 27,2 MHz ersetzt werden. Er bestand aus sieben
UkW-Empfaenagern (FM) mit automatischer Scharfabstimmung, die ueber einen
Antennenverstaerker an einer gemeinsamen antenne betrieben wurden, und aus
sechs St�ck 10 W.S. (FM), jeweils mit zweistufigem Modulator. Die
Reichweitebetrug 15 Kilometer. Die Serienfertigung war bei Kriegende gerade
angelaufen."

 [ The AM, noise-prone Fu18 was TO BE replaced by Lorenz developed FM
equipment...The series consisted of  7 FM receivers, with AFC, which worked
off a common antenna, and 6 transmitters, each with 2-stage modulator. The
range, 15 km.  At war's end the production of the series had just begun. ]

And i say, what a dream. The nation was collapsing, fuel for basic transpor-
tation as well as war machines was lacking, and young boys were being
inducted to the armed forces.
I have seen pristine looking Wehrmacht (AM) radio gear produced up
to the last month of the war - heavy potmetal construction - but the
same 1937 designs that carried them thru the war. I don't think any
but prototypes of the FM sets ever existed. I have also seen German
radar tubes produced very near the end of the war - as if there were
flying German aircraft to maintain the radar in. It might seem that
there could have been higher priorities, but the old wheels kept
turning, maybe just slower.
Hue Miller