[Milsurplus] Philippine guerilla radio?

[Hue Miller]

From time to time, we have speculated about the radio equipment
used by the US servicemen and Filippino guerillas. No one seems 
to know for sure; the accounts don't specify the type; no photos
seem to exist.

I was thinking about this, after reading some higher-level accounts,
not first level, unfortunately. I considered, and ruled out:

BC-1306, BC-474,  BC-654 :  Not enuff HF skywave frequency
coverage. The path to be covered was at first, Philippines to
Australia, later Philippines to New Guinea, when MacArthur's
HQ moved. For the Australia run, i think you would want radio
freqs available up to the 9 Mcs. or so, range.

PRC-5, not rugged enuff, also limited to AC power

MBM, good dx frequency coverage ( 7-14 Mcs. ), but no lower
frequencies for local coverage, or contacting submarines off-
shore. Also, this was Navy gear.

CMS, frequency coverage okay. However, limited to battery
supplies, also not very ruggedized, primitive receiver, and i
actually don't see any indication these were ever used, except
maybe for training in the US.

TRC-10, from what i've read, the bugs weren't worked out of 
this radio by the end of WW2, so i kinda don't think it was 
used, altho it otherwise would fit the role.

On the other hand, there were 2 radios that were proven in use:
PRC-1 and SSTR-1. Of these 2, i would suspect the PRC-1, as
it already was proven in use in CBI.
One reason for the difficulty in us finding anecdotes and 
information is just that there seem to be not very many radios
used in the Philippine guerilla operations. I don't believe there
were ever more than 2 or 3 radio stations existing at one time,
whereas in occupied Europe, the number of clandestine station
operations was in the scores. I mean like in the high 2 digits.
Hue Miller