[MRCG] Fwd: Project WASHTUB comms

[Bob DeVarney W1ICW]

I just picked one up locally.. they do show up on eBay.. a little tough 
to operate because of the lack of decent filtering.. but they are fun to 
use understanding that.
On 9/2/2014 9:16 PM, Thomas Murphy wrote:
> Interesting radio, I wonder many are still around?? Probably pretty pricey
> if you find one.
>
> I stumbled across this on the internet, Operation Tracer, guys who would
> have stayed behind if the Germans had taken Gibraltar in WWII.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tracer
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> Tom, W6TOM
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> The RS-6 sets came out in 1951 which fits nicely. Here is some more
> information including a mention of it's use by 'stay behind' agents in
> Europe.
> I'm liking the RS-6 as a Washtub radio candidate even more.....
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> http://cryptomuseum.com/spy/rs6/index.htm
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> In a message dated 9/1/2014 5:47:09 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> timsamm at gmail.com writes:
>
> 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-s
> tay-behind-agents.html?comp=7000023435700&rank=2
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> 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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