[MRCG] Fwd: Project WASHTUB comms

[Tim]

OK, thanks - much to be learned !


On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Thomas Murphy <tpmurphy at sonic.net> wrote:

> Tim,
>
>                  There are several articles in the net about Gibraltar plan
> and there were plans of a similar nature for Malta and a few other
> locations.
>
>
>
> Tom, W6TOM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MRCG [mailto:mrcg-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tim
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 6:59 PM
> To: West Coast Military Radio Collectors Group
> Subject: Re: [MRCG] Fwd: Project WASHTUB comms
>
> Thanks Tom - a pretty interesting plan for Gibraltar...Had not heard about
> it....I wonder if the Brits also had a similar plan for Singapore, Hong
> Kong
> etc...
>
> RS-6:  There are probably a few around, but apparently not much interest in
> them (except for me!  LOL) since they are CW only...rumor that hundreds
> were
> surplussed by the Army and/or given out to MARS programs on the east coast
> in the early 1960's....Most of those are now probably cached in landfills
> these days.
>
> Thanks for the link - Tim
> N6CC
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Thomas Murphy <tpmurphy at sonic.net> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > Tom, W6TOM
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MRCG [mailto:mrcg-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> > AMillerTKX---
> > via MRCG
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 10:01 AM
> > To: mrcg at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [MRCG] Fwd: Project WASHTUB comms
> >
> > 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.....
> >
> > http://cryptomuseum.com/spy/rs6/index.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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-alaskan
> > s-as-s
> > tay-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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