[Milsurplus] "Across The Pacific" PBS Documentary Premiers tonight! (North Carolina)

[mmab]

Brian,

Thanks for posting the link to these shows.  Very interesting and 
informative.  Some questions for the group:

In episode 2, their presentation of the loop antenna shows max signal 
when the signal path is at right angles to the plane of the loop and 
minimum when aligned with the plane of the loop.  Looks like they got it 
backwards?

Then they show a 4-foot box loop with wire wound solenoid-fashion around 
each individual leg of the loop like four solenoids connected together 
to form a square.  How does that work?

I didn't get the explanation of the Adcock  antenna either.  Was this 
actually supposed to be a 4-couse range station?   I'm guessing that the 
abbreviated  explanation was justified in the interest the basic story line.

Mike, W6MAB



On 6/7/2020 1:36 PM, Brian Harrison wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> For North Carolinians, the new 3-hour PBS documentary about the early 
> days of Pan American Airways premiers tonight!!!!
>
> Pan Am was “the” chosen instrument of the United States before, during 
> and even after WWII. The bases set up by Pan AM across the Pacific 
> (Midway, Wake Island, Guam, etc) played a huge role in the war.
>
> Please be sure to tune into PBS (North Carolina Channel) tonight 
> (Sunday June 7) from 8 PM - 11 PM Eastern to watch all three episodes 
> of “Across The Pacific”, back-to-back!!!!!
>
>       o Airborne
>       o Sunday, June 7, 08:00 pm on North Carolina Channel
>         <https://proweb.myersinfosys.com/wunc/airlist/4.4/1369090/detail>
>      o
>
>       o Latin Laboratory
>       o Sunday, June 7, 09:00 pm on North Carolina Channel
>         <https://proweb.myersinfosys.com/wunc/airlist/4.4/1369091/detail>
>      o
>
>       o Another Ocean
>       o Sunday, June 7, 10:00 pm on North Carolina Channel
>         <https://proweb.myersinfosys.com/wunc/airlist/4.4/1369092/detail>
>
> The North Carolina Channel (over the air) is 58.4
> For NC Spectrum users it is channel 1276
>
> Also, everyone can watch the first two episodes over the internet now 
> here:
> https://www.panam.org/across-the-pacific-film
> (The third episode will be posted here for internet viewing on or 
> after June 11)
>
> Please spread the word!
>
> (PS the local Charlotte NC chapter of the Antique Wireless Association 
> provided all the radios seen in this documentary)
>
>
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