[Milsurplus] German Command conversion

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Ground wave propagation at 160 meters is better than that at 80 meters

according to some text in at least one of the older ARRL Mobile Manuals;

i.e., better for local coverage, say in a metorpolitan area.  The big issues

are antenna effectiveness for mobiles and atmospheric interference, but

the claim was that 160 still would serve more effectively in the long run.

 

73 - Mac, K2GKK/5

Oklahoma City, OK


 

> From: kargo_cult at msn.com
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:43:49 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] German Command conversion
> 
> > From: Rich MC Clung <sgm460122 at yahoo.com>
> > I was stationed in Germany 1966-69 and while there?I collected several
> > German nomenclatured ARC-5 pieces. I picked up a XMTR, RCVR and MD
> > units?that had new dial scales made from brass and calibrated to cover
> > the full 160M band. There was a dual XMTR mount with a RCVR mount
> > modified to fit in one side of the XMTR mount.
> 

>

>
> Rich- do you mean the rig was calibrated for the actual 160m ham band?
> Also the 2 rack mod to hold both transmitter and receiver was right out
> of
> one of the conversion articles. I wonder why the use of such a low freq
> for mobile communications. That does however comply with the pre-1945
> German predilection for use of LF and MF for vehicle communications.
> -Hue Miller
>