[Milsurplus] Suitcase Radios

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Yes the radios definitely did exist. They often were set up for  
multiple supplies, so you could use what was available. Each country  
had a slightly different take on how to build one.

Bob


On Oct 31, 2007, at 6:44 PM, K3PID wrote:

> I was watching a 1944 movie about an intelligence operation named  
> 077. These were spies indeed as they were trained to go behind enemy  
> lines and assume roles in private life then collect intelligence and  
> ( here's the relevant part ) send the info back to London in CW  
> using what looked like small suitcase radios.  Maybe more correctly  
> they looked to be about the size of a large briefcase. They had to  
> have been battery operated and it looked as if they were not very  
> flexible that is a single band/frequency, a send/receive switch and  
> a key...
>
> Did these radio exist? Were they the original QRP rig?
>
> Ron H
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