[MRCA] D-Day communications

[Rob Flory]

Chris, Thanks for remembering Vic to us.  I remember him from OMRN CW.
Rob


On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 11:41 AM Christopher Bowne <aj1g at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> Thanks for the link!  Interesting article.  One technical comment - the
> article mentions the limited HF spectrum that was used , up to a maximum of
> 8 MHz.  Then says that adjacent channel guard bands for FM sets were
> limited to 4 kHz to pack as many channels into that spectrum.  AFAIK no
> tactical HF radios that operated in the lower HF portion of the spectrum
> used FM, just CW AM and MCW. Were the early tactical FM sets that operated
> at 20 MHz and above used at D-Day? Perhaps they had 4 kHz guard bands
> between channels.
>
> This thread would be an appropriate time to remember Vic Politi. W1NU (SK)
> of Fairfield CT, who was a radio operator was attached to General Teddy
> Roosevelt Jr’s. staff and landed on Utah Beach on D-Day.  He was attached
> to the General’s staff from the start of the North African campaigns in
> 1942, Sicily, and Italy before D-Day.  Vic was a very active collector and
> operator of vintage military radios, especially on the WS-19 and OMRN CW
> Nets, generally using an SCR-284/BC-654. WS-19, or a reproduction Para
> Set.  A picture of him and others from his unit operating an SCR-284 in the
> field during the North African campaign made it into Life Magazine in late
> 1942.
>
> 73 de Chris AJ1G
> Stonington CT
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 22, 2024, at 09:03, mstangelo at comcast.net wrote:
> >
> > The latest issue of Radio World Magazine has an article on Army D-Day
> communications. It starts on page 6:
> >
> > <
> https://issuu.com/futurepublishing/docs/rwm1268.digital_ns_1573ed67be71ea>
> >
> > Mike N2MS
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