[Milsurplus] RCA SSB-1

[Hue Miller]

> > >>A bit of SSB-1 History ..
> > >>
> > >>The RCA SSB-1 was an equipment developed for use in Africa so that the
> > >>various landowners could communicate with each user at the time
> > >>of the Mau-Mau (sp?) uprisings.
> >
> >Perhaps it wasn't ssb "punch" so much as the implicit encoding.
> >
> >IE, the inability short-wave portables of the times to demodulate
> >the exchanged info w/o bfos.

If you consider the technology level of the Mau Mau insurgents, which
you can get from reading any account, you can rule out the importance
of this feature. -Hue Miller