[Milsurplus] tank radio skip?

[Hue Miller]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Zeranski" <ezeran at ezeran.cnc.net>

> > Okay, you find the article stating that these were horizontal loop
> antennas, and i'll
> > look here for the manual on the 30WS transmitter.........
> 
> The magazine is "Army Communicator" which is available online. The URL below
> may not work so do a Google search for "Army Communicator" then look at the
> Spring 2004 issue. The two articles deal with antennas( Mobility Favors
> Small Antennas: small-loop high-frequency antennas ) and the German Army
> experience that has lessons for today (HF Combat Net Radio Lesson Learned
> Again)
> 
> http://www.gordon.army.mil/AC/Spr%2004/Spring%2004%20online.pdf
> 
> EdZ

So this is where the fantasy originated.
"NVIS was the primary mode of on-the-move omni-directional communications."

I haven't much time to deal with this tonight.
However-

"the pattern for a horizontal loop includes an overhead minimum which reduces NVIS
effectiveness....."

Also, i'm looking at the photos for the Kfz.17 truck with frame antenna. You can plainly
see one downlead quite separate from the standoff posts. ( the armored car must have
run the leadin down one of the standoff posts ).  What is interesting about the Kfz. 17
radio truck is that its transmitter is the 100WS - top end 1200 kHz.  So this is NVIS, say
at 1000 kHz ??

It also has the telescopic mast antenna for stationary operation WHEN LONGER 
DISTANCE IS REQUIRED.  ( Contrary to what the Army Communicator article would
have you believe. )

The Army article talks about the German FuG-10 radio: ".....each  tank, aircraftm and unit
command post had long-range, mobile, combat-net radio...these were in large part the
FuG-10 operating in the 2 - 18 MHz range...."

The FuG10 was an aircraft radio. 3-6 MHz and 300-600 kHz.

The Fu 10 was a ground radio of 1 - 1.65 MHz transmit and 0.1 - 7.1 receive capability.

( Not from my imagination or my guess.  Reference "Les Materiels Radio de la
Wehrmacht". )

What might you conclude about the accuracy of the historical information in this
article?

The Army again: "While opinions vary as to whether the antennas were loops or
top-loaded monopoles, the German army in WW2 fielded a number of antennas
with loop-like antenna structures."  Logic:  loop-like, ergo >>>> loops they are.

So, instead of looking for the facts, it's okay to just publish an article  ( or a website 
article ) with  your guesses polished up as facts?  -Hue Miller