[Milsurplus] Silversides SS-236 Radio Room

[Bill KA8VIT]

Here is a link to some information written by Robert E. Straub, KC2AIO on WW2 submarine radio operations.

His descriptions match most of what we have in the COD's radio room.

http://ka8vit.com/subops/default.htm

Radio Room of the WW2 Sub USS COD

https://youtu.be/2ZO1FHXe7so

73 - Bill KA8VIT/W8COD


> On 02/18/2021 11:44 PM Robert Goff <robert.h.goff at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> In Richard O'Kane's memoir "Clear the Bridge" he talks about his sub,
> the USS Tang, being assigned to lifeguard duty off Truk during a
> carrier task force strike on that atoll.  He mentions several times
> using a Hallicrafters receiver to guard 4475 in the AIC (aviation
> information center) which they had set up in the mess. He also
> mentions guarding a VHF tactical frequency and piping it in from the
> radio room.
> 
> Never says which model Hallicrafters(I've always wondered!), but I
> believe it was originally installed in the mess as a morale receiver
> at Mare Island.  So an SX-24 may not be completely out of place on a
> sub.
> 
> 73,
> de Robert W7MKA
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Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT
USS COD Amateur Radio Club - W8COD
WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO)

ka8vit at ka8vit.com
http://ka8vit.com
http://www.usscod.org
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