[Qcwa] Hand Generators

Mon, 23 Feb 2004 08:52:10 -0500

A look at the Fort Gordon website brought back memories of the infamous
SCR536 handy talkie monster.  A useless piece of equipment......I can
remember trying to communicate with another 536 which was only a few hundred
yards down the beach......I could see the operator clearly but the radios
just couldnt make it.
After our first deployment we never used them again.

73    Norm    K1AA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey D Angus" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Qcwa] Hand Generators

> Here's a few interesting links on the radio in the military.
>
> http://www.gordon.army.mil/ocos/Museum/AMC/talk.asp
>
> and specifically the SCR300
>
> http://www.gordon.army.mil/ocos/Museum/AMC/SCR300.JPG
>
> Jeff
> wa6fwi
>
> Norm Gertz wrote:
>
> >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" <[email protected]>
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >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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