[Milsurplus] BC-611 Parachute Jump

[Ray Fantini]

Having used and worked many BC-611 transceivers at Dayton hamvention in the old military radio net in local proximity am amazed and impressed by this attempt:

http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=35012.0

The audio from the radio is not that loud, the output power very week and having to turn the radio on and off by pulling the antenna must be a challenge. Not cretin but don't think beyond movies there was ever a documented use of that radio in that way.
Reminds me of the old stories about the URC-4 survival radios and how if you had the radio and battery strapped to you on a bail out as soon as your shoot opened the jerk of the shoot was enough to cause the heavy URC-4 to rip thru your flight suite and quickly disappear. At the Gilbert MRCA show the old URC-4 radios have been making a comeback being used for two meter AM, Think the distance record between  URC-4 to URC-4 QSO is up to three or four miles!

Ray F