[Milsurplus] Gibson Girl Kite

[B Smith]

That  rescue statement was made during my Gibson Girl presentation at 
Gilbert 2008.
Information  that I had received after attending many survival 
schools.
When we deployed the 20 man raft I always volunteered for "kite duty" 
Much better
than cranking the set  or playing with the hydrogen generator. I know, 
never volunteer. Anyway.
We had fun with the  CRT-3  during the Gilbert meet, I had adjusted 
the frequency to
510 Kcs, disabled the other frequency and  when you cranked  your 
could hear the beacon
on a near by AM broadcast receiver.
I displayed the set:
http://home.comcast.net/~smithab11/MRCA%202008/Page2.htm

Z

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From: "Al Klase" <ark at ar88.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 7:07 PM
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Gibson Girl Kite

We went round and round on these radios on one of the groups some 
years
ago.  One person maintained that there was no recorded instance of
anybody being rescued by using a Gibson Girl.  I don't remember anyone
refuting this.  Seems odd considering the number deployed.  Does 
anyone
have any info?

Al

On 8/11/2012 6:20 PM, Chuck wrote:
> FYI, My publication on WW2 procurment shows 117,809 "SCR-578, 
> emergency
> transmitter for survivors at sea, "Gibson Girl".
>
> This covers from 1940-1945, with first deliveries in 1942 (13,720)
>
> Chuck McClurg
> N7UVZ
>
> Version: 2012.0.2196 / Virus Database: 2437/5194 - Release Date: 
> 08/11/12

-- 
Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/

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