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

[J. Forster]

William Donzelli wrote:

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

All you'd have to do is put a key in the trigger line to the modulator and just gate
it. The PPN-2 does just that and the C-3 control box even has a spring loaded toggle
as a simple key.

The only difficulty I see is that the PS might overvoltage because the load changes
in the spaces.
-John

>
>
> 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
>
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