[Qcwa] Hand Generators

[Norm Gertz]

Joe....all depends on what year or time frame.......in 1942 Marines were
using the TBX......battery receiver and hand generator to transmit.
Many times a single Marine had to man the station.....I have seen them strap
the generator to a tree stump etc and crank the generator with their feet
while sending traffic.
The Army had a similar radio......cant remember the SCR number but it had a
loop antenna.
That whole aspect of military communications went out with the advent of the
SCR300;  a great radio.....FM and battery operated and very light compared
to the others.

73    Norm     K1AA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Fenn" <jfenn@lava.net>
To: <qcwa@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 6:34 PM
Subject: [Qcwa] Hand Generators


> Dont know if we talkin about the same thing or not,  but when was
> Sophomore in Kokomo High I joined the Indiana National Guard
> Battery B 150th F.A. 155 mm Howitzers as a RO of course.
> We had that old SCR something or other with the portable(?)
> radio (about 20 lbs) not includeing the Generator and its platform.
> Of course the only source of power was the biggest guy we could
> find in the company (a real brute) who enjoyed his display of
> physical prowess by cranking that thing.   Key down he would grimace
> a little but smile at the same time.    Not only that but when
> the 155 howitzer went off about 25 feet away from us I kinda ruined
> my underwear a few times.
> (a long dash from the O.P. was the signal for the Lt to drop his
>  arm and the guy on the other side pulled the fireing rope)
>                    Joe (aka kilroy)
>
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