[Milsurplus] "World War II Radio Heroes"
Ron Lawrence
w4ron at carolina.rr.com
Mon Mar 23 11:23:50 EDT 2015
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> 1. Little Vibrator Supplies (David Stinson)
> 2. Re: AR-88F + RBC + p/s - Hutchinson/Wichita Kansas (Nick England)
> 3. Re: Fiberglass antenna poles (Don Merz via Milsurplus)
> 4. Re: " World War II Radio Heroes " (Don Merz via Milsurplus)
> 5. Re: " World War II Radio Heroes " (Ray Fantini)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 21:48:55 -0500
> From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
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> Subject: [Milsurplus] Little Vibrator Supplies
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> Fair Radio had these little vibrator supplies for years.
> Did they finally just throw them away?
> If anyone has one they would like to sell or trade,
> I could use a couple more of them.
> http://home.netcom.com/~arc5/MABSupply.jpg
>
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
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> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:44:43 +0100
> From: Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
> To: Military Surplus Mail List <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] AR-88F + RBC + p/s - Hutchinson/Wichita
> Kansas
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> He also has an AR-88F that needs a new home.
> I'm just a messenger.
> Nick
> Sent from mobile phone account
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> > On Mar 4, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Please contact Michael directly -
> > ghostrider777 at ymail.com
> > phone 620-200-3623
> >
> > I am just a messenger,
> > Nick
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Michael Crowe <ghostrider777 at ymail.com>
> > Date: Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 10:44 AM
> > Subject: Re: US. Navy RCA Radio
> > To: Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
> >
> >
> > Hi Nick thank you for getting back with me, i live on a farm out side of Hutchinson, Ks which is about 50 miles North West from Wichita, Ks. On the Cable there is heavy gray Cable Mil Spec 9 pin plug and i can take pictures of these Units these units there setting in
> > a old radio shop that we are cleaning out the shop, i found these in the shop i think they came from the west coast i had family members who were in military service out there so knew what these radio units were, but i did not know what year they were, in till i look up the history on these radio units. Would Be nice to find some one who love these older Radio units. So that way they get good use.
> >
> > Thank you Nick
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > Primary phone no. 620-200-3623
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 9:11 AM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Michael - yep the RBC is an excellent receiver. I stick to gear introduced post WW2, but have some buddies who like earlier gear. I'll let them know - Where is the radio located? Do you have the cable linking power supply and receiver.
> > best regards,
> > Nick England K4NYW
> > www.navy-radio.com
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Michael Crowe <ghostrider777 at ymail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Nick Michael here, I came across a side by side RCA Type CRV-46148 with power unit Type CRV-20130 all complete
> > Been stored for some years looking for some one who may be interested in these Units they were as you know were very well built
> > and overly built for War-2. The Navy Replace the RAK/RAL and 1940 starting production of the RCA CRV-46148 for US. Navy ships to with stand the shock of 16 inch guns. used up to 1960 and some longer then that.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:14:29 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Don Merz via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> To: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>, "Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net"
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> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Fiberglass antenna poles
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> Good tip about using he hose clamp where they meet. I am just about to put up a butterniut HF6V on 4 of these.73 de N3RHT
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> From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 11:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Fiberglass antenna poles
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> Re: Fiberglass antenna poles-
> I've used them a lot, but I don't know about 40 feet.
> The fiberglass poles won't stack very high
> without reenforcment.
> They will split at the end where one pole nests into another.
> I use a hose clamp to strengthen the reenforcing ring
> on one end of each of the poles and I've gotten 30 feet
> without any trouble.? Even with reenforcement, you can
> still split them or break-off the tip in the lower pole.
> I don't remember how high you can go with reenforcement,
> but I think 40 feet unguyed would be pushing it and
> I'd worry about breaking-off the insert tip if the wind
> got very froggy at 40 feet.
>
> Also- the sun will cause the outside of the poles to develop
> fiberglass "hairs" that will sticker you all over and be almost
> impossible to get out of your clothes.
> To avoid this, get a can of any exterior paint and give the
> poles a coat-? not more itchy stickers.?
> All of mine get this treatment.
>
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
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> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:23:13 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Don Merz via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> To: Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com>, "milsurplus at mailman.qth.net"
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> I am currently reading Breakout--The Chosin Rsevoir Campaign by Martin Russ. He makes various mention of WWII-era radios in use by the Marines. At one point, he talks about a battalion commander using a TBX radio! Really? The TBX would surely be an antique design by 1950. Of course the Marines always were shall we say "modestly" supplied with up-to-date gear!! ?Other radios mentioned are of course the SCR-536 and BC-1000. The book is exciting and I could not put it down for long stretches.73 de N3RHT?
> From: Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com>
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> Thanks for the suggestion, Don, and I?m taking the liberty of forwarding it, because I?m always happy to learn about sources for the history of this technology,? and I reckon there?s perhaps another stray soul or two out there who feels the same. I will add your title to my (eventual) reading list.
> Let me mention another couple I came across recently. I have not read them, only pawed thru and had an overall look.
>
> ?Wireless at War ? Developments in Military and Clandestine Radio 1895-2012?,? Peter R. Jensen, 2013. A thick book 352 pages, many illustrations.
> But a little odd, I thought. The title doesn?t indicate this, but it should also read, ?From the Perspective of Australia?.? Book deals mainly with Brit,
> U.S., and Australian radios used by Australian armed forces. Book seems to jump around a bit; a bit odd organization, I thought; and why include
> a discussion of a Paraset replica project, and a DSB hamband transceiver project? The latter to apparently convince the reader how much superior
> suppressed-sideband is than A.M.? Worth looking at; I dunno if worth keeping, as I?m lightening the load here; anyway, affordable as it?s paperback.
>
> ?The Clandestine Radio Operators?,? Jean-Louis Perquin, 2011. Published in France ? title page is LAST page, kind of a twist. Paperback, so it?s not
> priced like a coffee table book, but it is still massively illustrated both with period photos and recent photos of the equipment ? gorgeous color
> photos. This is a gorgeous book, a wonderful book, a wonderful thing to behold.
>
> ( Aside: although not so well known here, probably due to language barrier, there seem to be many hard-core militaria collectors in France.
> Including vehicle collectors with restorations of vehicles including armor of both sides. Also seems to be strong following for U.S. Marines.
> Vive Le France, I say; and may they outlast the Fifth Columnists bent on subverting that country. )
> -Hue Miller
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> >Wednesday, March 18, 2015 8:18 AM
> >To: Hue Miller
> >Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] " World War II Radio Heroes "
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> >Vaguely related...I just read the best book I have ever read about the conquest of Guadalcanal. It is called Neptune's Infernno. Interspersed in the incredibly well-researched narrative >are many comments about use and abuse of ship to ship radio, the Navy's management of radio and RADAR, comparisons of the relative effectiveness of the SC and SG RADAR sets, >etc. Sections of this book are well into the "can't put it down" category. Worth your time. On Amazon:
> http://www.amazon.com/Neptunes-Inferno-U-S-Navy-Guadalcanal/dp/0553385127/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426691675&sr=8-1&keywords=neptune%27s+inferno+book
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> >>From: Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com>
> >>Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 10:54 PM
> >>Subject: [Milsurplus] " World War II Radio Heroes "
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> >>I bought this book recently from the Amazon site:
> >>" World War II? Radio Heroes ",? second edition, by Lisa L. Spahr .....
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> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:51:09 +0000
> From: Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
> To: Don Merz <n3rht at yahoo.com>, Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com>,
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> The TBX family can be broken into two groups, everything before the TBX-8 and the TBX-8. I like the older prewar design of the first radios like the TBX-6 that used just one tube in the transmitter, a lot of 34 tubes in the receiver and a huge dynamic microphone. The pre eight design was very simple and clean and had the incredible capability of receiving while drawing less than 10 Ma from the B battery and using just a D cell or two for the receiver filaments. The receiver did have its disadvantages with no AVC system in a net operation you have to ride the gain control or have you ears blasted off by the near in stations also there was no ability to do push to talk , use 1/4 inch plugs for the headset and you had to use a special high output microphone to modulate the one tube transmitter. I never had the correct microphone for my TBX-6 but I did build a T-17 with a transistor pre amplifier in it that did a great job modulating the radio. The TBX-8 used all newer compone
> nts and had a microphone pre amplifier, master oscillator tube and PTT operation along with other improvements. I once thought that the TBX-8 arrived too late for any deployment in WW-2 and was only used in Korea but think in a past series of emails it was proven to have been used in WW-2 but not at all surprised at all that it would have been used in Korea, especially by the Marines being they have never been cutting edge on technology.
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> Ray F/KA3EKH
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> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] " World War II Radio Heroes "
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> I am currently reading Breakout--The Chosin Rsevoir Campaign by Martin Russ. He makes various mention of WWII-era radios in use by the Marines. At one point, he talks about a battalion commander using a TBX radio! Really? The TBX would surely be an antique design by 1950. Of course the Marines always were shall we say "modestly" supplied with up-to-date gear!! ?Other radios mentioned are of course the SCR-536 and BC-1000. The book is exciting and I could not put it down for long stretches.73 de N3RHT?
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Another book along these lines that I recently finished
reading and really enjoyed is "The Secret Listeners".
It's about the British "Y" service which were volunteer
listeners that the British stationed all over the world
assigned to monitor German and Japanese radio traffic
and forward it to Bletchley Park.
It was a good read, I've been reading a lot along these
same lines lately, just finished a really good book on
early radar history called "Radar Days", another good read.
My all time favorite of these is "Tuxedo Park", if you haven't
read it I'll guarantee there's history there you've never
heard about.
I'm waiting on the delivery of the audio book of
"World War II Radio Heroes", found it on ebay, it'll give
me something to listen to in the car when the ham bands
are dead... :)
LLAP
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Knee-deep in the cosmic overwhelm, I’m stricken
by the ricochet wonder of it all: the plain
everythingness of everything, in cahoots
with the everythingness of everything else.
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73, RON w4ron
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