[Milsurplus] SCR-178 on ebay (Not mine)

[Marty Reynolds]

>
> I can't imagine why these were being procured in 1942.  They are more like
> 1932 in technology.  I suspect few were ever used except possibly in
> training situations.

One story was in early '42, anybody with tooling for a Army radio
was told to re-start prod'n if there was any proven need.  Last
contract spec would prevail.

I think the 32-ish '178 was mostly made by Cardwell

The 'proven need' was, per Stillwell, the Indonesian Chindits who used
them with the hand-crank generator out of rice paddies.

> Does anyone actually operate one of these dinosaurs today?
>

Uhhhh, me in the CX now & again.  I've a recording of my '42 contract
BC-187.  It was made in N. Ohio with me in Atlanta.  80m.  It's a .wav
file on CX web site under 'rogues gallery'

IE
     www.asti.net/CX

  Marty