In the 1950's I was an operator of an AN/GRC-26 portable radio system in the
U.S. Army. It ran phone (A.M.), digital (RTTY) and CW. The transmitter was a
BC-610 which I believe was the successor of the HT-4 transmitter shown here.
The whole portable system was built into a hut that was mounted
If you think your new kpa500 is heavy and has a lot of parts you need to watch
this Hallicrafters video from 1944 ...
http://www.archive.org/details/VoiceofV1944
Bill Tynan, W3XO posted this link to one of the Texas VHF reflectors.
Enjoy!
Richard W5SXD
Richard,
Thanks for the post. Do you know if there are more videos. This was part 1
that ends with installing the exciter unit. I wanted to see them install the
PA.
Of course, today the military would use a satellite phone which would be viewed
as coming from some aliens of another planet
Phil,
I noticed that also but could not find it. Perhaps someone else will.
I became a ham (K1IGY) 13 years after that film was made. A lot of changes
since then. My new kx3 is gonna be a bit better than the BC-348 of my novice
days.
Richard
On Feb 14, 2012, at 10:49 PM, Phil Hystad
Really interesting. Thanks for posting.
Lou, W0FK
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St. Louis, MO
K3 #2513, P3 #620
KX3 *On Order*
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This appears to be part 2
http://www.archive.org/details/VoiceofV1944_2
David K0LUM
At 8:49 PM -0800 2/14/12, Phil Hystad wrote:
Richard,
Thanks for the post. Do you know if there are more videos. This
was part 1 that ends with installing the exciter unit. I wanted to
see them install the
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