[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Radio on the Frontlines: WWI and WWII | DPLA

[Gordon Smith]

I don't know where I read it, but I read that the use of crystals to 
control the transmitter's exact frequency (hence, you could have a 
radio "channel") was what made radio go from an option for 
battlefield communications to a tactical advantage and communications 
necessity. Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe 
that was in the 1930's for military communications.

73, Gordon KJ6IKT

At 06:05 PM 3/8/2020, arc5 at ix.netcom.com wrote:

>There were a great many officers in World War 1, who did not trust 
>this newfangled thing called radio. There was a great deal of 
>resistance to it in both the Army and the Navy. That a particular 
>officer would entrust this information to Runners rather than the 
>radio really wouldn't surprise me much.