[Milsurplus] Re:WW 2 subs keying radar for comms?

[William Donzelli]

> In the 1980s I spoke with a WW 2 sub vet who told me that for covert comms 
> they sometimes keyed their radar xmtr and sent Morse. He was vague on how they 
> received and turned keyed microwaves into audio, but he seemed very certain 
> that this mode was used for covert short range comms. Anyone have any 
> corroborating info?

Sounds like faulty memory. It would be hard to key a WW2 radar this way,
and probably not be very nice to the modulator.

Sonar sets, on the other hand, actually were issued with Morse keys so you
could use them for short range underwater communications.

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org