[Milsurplus] Philippine guerilla radio?

[W7QHO@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/21/03 6:11:52 PM, kargo_cult@msn.com writes:


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stan Wilson" <ak0b@swbell.net>
> 
> > I would have thought that the radios used might have been British ?
> 
> Why? That might have been an idea, but the Philippine campaign
> was a US affair. I can't see them going outside the supply chain, 
> unless they absolutely had to.
> 

Well, why not?   After all, MacArthur hunkered down in Australia after the 
fall of the Philippines and the Aussies had their coast watchers reporting back 
from number of occupied areas. Maybe the Army took a page out of their book 
rather than reinventing the wheel once again (happens occasionally).   Special 
Ops situation here too and entirely possible the guys running it would not have 
been constrained to use equipment in the Army (or Navy) inventory.   
Commercial gear could be a possibility too.

As a related matter, do we really know just how radio operations were 
conducted by our guerilla forces?   Radios of the time were big and bulky, not the 
kind of thing you would likely have at your side while hiding in the weeds 
counting supply trucks, troop ships or mounting a hit-and-run ambush.   More 
likely, the radios were well concealed back at some remote, (relatively) secure 
location and would be used for only short durations under very carefully 
controlled conditions to minimize the chance of getting caught.   May not have been 
moved around all that much and so bigger, better radios could have been 
accommodated.   Saw a picture some time ago of an Australian coast watcher with his 
radio which was about the size of a Globe King.   Wasn't hiding in a cave or a 
grass hut either but set up in what looked like the living room of a plantation 
house.

Dennis D.   W7QHO
Glendale, CA



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