[Milsurplus] "Great War" Radio Usage (And Surplus)

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I will have to check the  dates on ours... we actually have a far  number  
of  airborne  little spark transmitters like this
 
the xtal set  I think we have 2 of...   although   someone stripped one  
and made it 'pretty oak'  I think  they  were all supposed to be  green.
 
We REALLY need  some  good  photos of  those  transmitters mounted in  
plans  to add to our  display here   I have one of the  transmitters sitting by 
it self on a shelf   above   some of the glassed in command  ww2  stuff...
 
 
remember those big ass  western electric sub chaser transceivers?  would 
love  some good photos of those in use  too!  and ...  we  have an extra one 
of those to dispose of.  
 
do not mind  having  extras on the little airborne  spark  rigs as  they 
are fine  to take out  for  talks at  schools   but  the subchaser is a 
monster     and   one  is  probably fine!
 
 
 
another issue...   need to  acquire  a matching TU  and military issue  TTY 
of  correct era  to  go  with  out R-388..
 
thanks  ed sharpe  archivist for smecc   _www.smecc.org_ 
(http://www.smecc.org)  ( home of  the  giant  wooden training walkie talkie!)
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/6/2012 2:30:31 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
n4fs at eozinc.com writes:

> Yep  - we had them as well as a lot of other countries. Ours was the 
>  common BC-15A, or, also known as SCR-65A.

I don't doubt that the  concept was tried, and perhaps it was even
successful.
What I *do* doubt  is that any of the "A" models (BC-14-A crystal receiver 
or
BC-15-A quenched  spark transmitter) sets made it into WWI service.  The 
ones
that I  have seen all have order dates only in the final two months of the
war,  some as late as 19 days before it ended.  (Maybe they supported  the
continuing White Russian campaign...though I doubt there was much  artillery
controlled by spotter aircraft activity  there.)