[Milsurplus] WW2 German FM?
Hue Miller
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Sat, 1 Nov 2003 16:25:03 -0800
Their UkW "Ultra short Wave" vehicle radios were for modes A3, A2 (tone
telegraphy). No BFO. "Command vehicles" also had equipment operating
A1 and A3 in the 1-3 MHz range. Not a misprint. In fact, one book i have,
translated title something like "Rommel's Intelligence Service in the Desert"
(don't have the book handy) even mentions a frequency used in one action,
1557 kHz. No wonder at this phase of the war, everybody knocked off at
5:00 PM for the day. Nighttime communications on those frequencies would
have been tough, with all the big-time competition coming out of Europe.
There is no way these UkW's could be modified for FM, design wise. There
are too many specific castings. FM would have to be all new sets.
A book i have sez one 24-25 MHz set, Fusprech A, was for self-propelled
guns, assault guns. The frequencies above the regular panzer top end
of 33 MHz were for air-ground coordination.
Japan and Germany, for some reason, had way too many different
communications radios, more than the US and UK, i think. More
definitely did not mean better, as their best was not as good, with
exception of maybe several German communications receivers.
( My opinion only. )
Hue Miller