[Milsurplus] Re: [armyradios] OT: Foxhole Electronics

[J Forster]

Hi Hue,

It's just that low power, solid state, transmissions might have been
possible in WW I, rather than 50+ years later.

-John



Hue Miller wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
>
> > What amazed me was that two way RADIO communication
> >would have been barely possible across
> > the lines using mostly telephone bits in WW I.
>
> I'm not understanding this, John. Certainly both sides had "trench
> sets", radio, that transmitted at least a few miles, or to observer
> aircraft above. [snip]