[Milsurplus] WW2 Soldier built regen SW radio

[B Smith]

One of our MRCA members Al Klase, N3FRQ  built a 
canteen radio, actually a  reproduction of a WWII 
Prison Camp Canteen Receiver.
Photos, drawings and detailed references may be 
found on his "Skywaves" web site.

http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/SPY/spy.htm


73

breck k4che

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From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
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Subject: [Milsurplus] WW2 Soldier built regen SW 
radio

> Those old WW2 war years QSTs are good reading, I 
> think.  Many of them have
> wartime
> experience stories from ham radio people.
> In the July 1945 QST there is a photo of Pfc. 
> Robert Weinberg in the
> Philippines
> using his homebuilt regen. It's built in an old 
> Army metal canteen, from
> scrap
> hardware from a wrecked plane and truck and 
> enemy electronics. I think I
> read
> here or elsewhere about someone replicating 
> this. I seem to also recall
> reading
> that the builder used 2 1R5 tubes, odd as that 
> may seem - maybe those were
> all
> he could find.  The photo caption says he uses 
> it to listen to San Francisco
> and
> Armed Forces Radio from India. Unfortunately the 
> photo is small and not
> high-res, but it does give the overall 
> appearance.  -Hue Miller
>
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