[Milsurplus] Japanese Aircraft Communications

[Hubert Miller]

Interesting point. I have never, btw, seen any publicity about any reenactor type thing going on in Japan. I mean as far as militaria.

Yes, some Japanese seem happy to import surplused California Highway Patrol vehicles and paraphernalia from the USA, then to

don CHP uniforms and parade around. Or even to buy USA WW2 flyer jackets ( personalized ones with painted designs ) and to

parade around at shows with those on. But maybe it's due to a legacy of antipathy to militarism still, as the result of the limited-

military constitution designed for them during the occupation.

I have seen some photos on Japanese website of a WW2 piece taken down to every last screw and nut, cleaned up, repainted,

restored, but as far as actually operating the equipment, that seems to be out of the question.

China, it seems, is even more so.

Is it that those countries, with civilization older than our young country, are somehow totally fascinated by the flash-bam-pow

of new, new, new gizmos?

-H





>I understand that most of the WWII gear is very rare these days. In any case, I am sure that there aren't many Japanese hams who use the stuff on the air like some of us do with WWII U.S. gear.

Ken W7EKB
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