[MRCG] Fwd: Project WASHTUB comms

[amillertkx--- via MRCG]

Very interesting. Let's go Washtub (geo) cache hunting! 

GRC9 seems most obvious but what about the RS6 stuff? Not sure when that came out but would be a candidate and it's actual use has been the subject of debate which could be misinformation residue trickling down through the years. It's lack of id tags, compactness, and versatile PS also suggests 'spy radio' more than even the 109 which is clearly marked as US gear. Dunno but an interesting topic for sure.  

Sent from my 1944 Westinghouse TBK


> On Sep 1, 2014, at 5:46 PM, Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Probably many of us have heard about the recently declassified Project
> WASHTUB which hit the news today.  It was an effort to recruit, equip and
> train Alaska residents in the early 1950's to act as "stay behind agents"
> in the event the Soviet Union attacked and occupied Alaska during the early
> days of the cold war.
> http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/09/01/military-trained-alaskans-as-stay-behind-agents.html?comp=7000023435700&rank=2
> 
> Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to specify the type of
> radio equipment that might be available in the early 1950's to be used in
> this effort.  You would design the training program for operators and
> assist in specifying communications components for the supply caches
> containing this radio equipment.  What radio equipment would be best suited
> for this task?
> 
> You have as much time as Ivan will allow...
> 
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