Air to ground radio communication equipment. I made a lot of contacts on it. Today we use Mega Hertz which are totally incompatible.. just kidding. Its a real shame it cant communicate anymore because it uses megacycles. It operated in the 4247.8MHz range. Ideally, capacitors should present no resistance whatsoever, but practical capacitors do present some low resistance and bad capacitors present a lot more than some resistance. In some command units. As with every other aspect of the entertainment industry, the government had a firm grip on radio stations, which led to censoring many of their programs. I found a video on servicing a similar motorand proceeded to strip mine down, clean out the old grease in the bearings, put new grease into the bearings, clean the armatures, and re-assemble. I dont mess with a lot of old kit now, but when I was getting into it, if the paper/wax caps looked okay visually, not toasted, or the wax dripped out or anything, Id usually give them a pass and move on, cant recall they ever made me come back to them. Modern direction finding of both communications and noncommunications signals covers a much wider range of frequencies. Matching the transmitters that operated in this frequency range, this receiver provided for 50kHz channel steps in the 27.0 to 33.3MHz range for a total of 125 available channels. FuG 11: A medium-wave transceiver (receiver/transmitter) used in command tanks. Unit must be made fully operational to original specification. DMG 3 K: Truck-mounted. Something was not right with it, the plates on the large variable tuning cap were literally grinding against each other. First Responders Interoperable Radio System Team (FIRST) Trunking System Profile . I opted to remove the dead electrolytics and keep the old parts in a little paper bag. A technician who modifies or hacks a radio to transmit on frequencies beyond its usual design parameters. 17 0 obj Power 220 V AC 50Hz. Actually, the 3D printing would solve a nasty problem in making WW2 gear operate again; finding the connectors! FuG 7: A VHF transceiver (receiver/transmitter) used in command tanks. These radios were designed in the mid 1930s. I kept the flower pots to reverse the mod. 41 0 obj endobj Reworked to produce the FuG 5 (Luft) variant which was used for air-to-ground communication until replaced with the FuG 7. It was first used in combat early in 1944 on the Anzio beachhead in Italy. The ghostly radio station that no one claims to run - BBC . In other words, they were planning ahead for this conflict (an interesting book on this topic, how war production in the US was set up in advance by an executive from General Motors who established GMs global supply chain in the 20s and 30s). It was matched with transceiver Fug 16 for use with Sturmartillerie (self-propelled artillery). Range was line-or-sight so the ranges reported here were assuming the antenna could "see" one another.[4][5]. Its a long story, but an abused ARC5 dynamotor adapted for use powering an autopilot got me an interesting gig on a sailing yacht back in the 60s. It is a criminal offensive to hike the Stairs, and you could be fined a minimum of $1000 if you are caught. << /S /GoTo /D (subsection.4.3) >> Newer computer modeling is also used. ESR is Equivalent Series Resistance and NOT Electrostatic Resistance as you said. MUF: Maximum Usable Frequency MW: Medium-wave SW: Short-wave VoACAP: Voice of America Coverage Analysis Program 4.2 Overview Radio propagation is the mechanism by which the EM waves (also known as radio waves) are transmitted, or propagated, from a point on the earth to another directly or through various layers of the atmosphere. Nice job on the restoration. Nicely done. Thats a good suggestion and ive never thought of it before. It was usually used with a two-metre antenna. .15 Watt output AM voice and CW. 37 0 obj The radio could have been used in both. Feldfu.a1: 120-156MHz infantry, a VHF transceiver. Navy, 1947:401). The museum ships often have fully operational radio rooms wherein folks make the old radio gear work again. 0.6 Watt output AM voice. Range was approx 23km when using AM voice and 34km when using CW. It was usually used for communication with a Fug 8 in the same installation. 2 Watt output AM voice and CW. Next I had to locate documentation. Sound torture is nothing new. Things looked bleak for the Allies after the fall of France and the retreat from Dunkirk, Britain was on the defensive and most people believed that the invasion of England would soon begin. I can do 36-inch wide scans and prints from a plotter if needed. 77 0 obj 32 0 obj Operating on the 600 - 650MHz band, two channels. Range 5km AM voice.[1]. They're all over the place. If only more kit of that vintage was restored and demonstrated, then some of the static aircraft exhibits would at least sound like they were still usable. endobj Sadly the impact of this (significantly improved Command and Control of forces at the tactical level) gets virtually no 'airtime'. Through the use of coastal spotters, advanced radar and early warning, they were able to gain an advantage by gaining altitude and make high speed diving attacks shooting in a high pass. I found that all but three of the metal-can-sealed wax and paper caps (special to ARC-5 and other WW2 radio equipment, otherwise known as flower pot capacitors due to the shape of their metal cans) and the electrolytic caps needed to be replaced. Now *that* is how you do a restoration! Along with the previously erected Naval station at Lualualei Valley was a naval communications station at Wahiawa, near Schofield Barracks. Feldfu h: 23.1 - 28.0MHz Assault Guns and Sturmartillerie. Still though Im not sure about clinging on to old capacitors. 20 0 obj Im also in agreement to not drill holes or modify per the surplus conversion handbooks Stephen Chasey liked LIDL PARKSIDE Battery hacks. Power output: 40 to 70 watts on CW and 10 to 17.5 Watts on speech or MCW It is a measure of the effectiveness of a filter capacitor. << /S /GoTo /D (section.3) >> endobj << /S /GoTo /D (subsubsection.2.2.2) >> More information including downloadable manuals here; http://radionerds.com/index.php/SCR-522 Anne Member for 14 years 3 months In the 1920's and 1930's the Russians developed a number of radio-controlled systems. June 1940. EDIT: forgot to add that nearly all transmitters employed crystal-oscillators (wartime demands actually drove research to make leaps in radio crystal quality). Operating on the 475 - 525MHz band, two channels. It operated in the 1,130 to 3,000kHz frequency range with a transmission power of 100 Watts. I can confirm 30ish mhz, as I used them in training. Theres no getting around this, otherwise you might miss-read the cap value or leakage test. I use that although I have read on the ARC5 collector pages these radios will perform with voltages as 52 0 obj A projectile hit the . sorry guys. 2. Now that everything was in order it was time to try the radio in its final configuration. endobj Allocation. It was usually installed in section leader and company commanders' vehicles, to allow them to listen on one frequency while transmitting and receiving on another. Frequency License Type Tone Alpha Tag Description Mode Tag; 143.700: M: USAF TB CC/Fuel: Cross Country/Refueling/Delta: AM: Military: 139.225: M: USAF TB Diamond: Diamond Formation News will be read in English, which the BBC. This radio gear was light-weight for WW2 standards, the CBY-46104 weighs only 6 lbs and is made entirely from aluminum. The basic wireless invention went through a rapid evolution between the first and second World Wars. Used by the infantry at the regimental and battalion level. (Fug 8 + Fug 4). At this point in time the proposal for the Pacific Naval Air Bases was being limited to defensive measures. << /S /GoTo /D (section.1) >> It drives me nuts to see someone take something that should be in a museum and butcher it. Receiver probes are inserted from a room underneath the model while test signals are transmitted from the gantry. endobj The frequency band was changed to the current 88 to 108 MHz band in 1946 . It was a passive system relying on the reception of 3 beacon signals from the UK, one master and two slave signals. Tower up to 50 m. DM 43: Development item, possible none deployed. er /fr (h)bandr/. Channel 2 8000 CPS teletype. Fortunately these are easy to service, they are designed so that anyone with a flat-head screwdriver can fix them. This unit switches-on every time without fail, whrring away for innumerable demos for friends and family. Receivers use a single-conversion heterodyne architecture similar to that of big wood console radios of the era. endobj FuG 3: A low-band VHF receiver. << /S /GoTo /D (subsection.2.2) >> Usually they used 30.xx MHz area frequencies (low band, radios close to 10 meters) AM mode usually. A capacitor must operate to its specified value so it is good to test to see if the cap is functioning as a cap. It operated in the 23,000 to 24,950kHz (23-24.95MHz) frequency range. 28 secup 2 yr. ago I can confirm 30ish mhz, as I used them in "training" 16 NeuroG 2 yr. ago Of course, they called them megacycles, rather than MHz. Rule 3. is generally totally incompatible with rule 1. As an aside, this included radio-controlled tanks. (Acronyms) B^), Great job! Hung-Yu David Yang, in The Electrical Engineering Handbook, 2005. Your painstaking dedication to detail and historical accuracy means that the next caretaker of this radio will still have plenty of historical context surrounding each of the individual parts, construction, etc. I wonder if the Nazi's used Hertz? The BBC says its shortwave broadcasts will be available on frequencies of 15735 kHz from 4PM to 6PM and 5875 kHz from 10PM to midnight, Ukraine time. USING THE RADIO ON MAIN STREET. There is something I dont get though: I found that all but three of the metal-can-sealed wax and paper caps () and the electrolytic caps needed to be replaced. The electrolyics, however, were extremely leaky and did not reform. And I used an external home brew power supply and soldered directly to pins. 72 0 obj 57 0 obj A life on the line - SOE radio operators in the Second World War. 9 0 obj endobj Used at the battalion to company level of the Panzergrenadier. All receiver dials, prior to WWII, were vague in accuracy and didn't provide . And literally hundreds of them reside in museums. Transmitters utilize a MOPA (Master Oscillator Power Amplifier) architecture supporting AM phone and CW (aka Morse code) transmission. The K series were truck mobile units using a range of masts up to approximately 11 m tall. The Hellcat was of course better but that is only to be expected. Naturally their foray into military-technology innovation affects the way defense satellites are designed in the next half-century. % A 1913 aircraft with a radio, at the time considered cutting-edge equipment, had a maximum range of 2,000 yards. Very cool! That increased both the gain and the selectivity of the radio. It operated in the 32-38MHz frequency range. endobj and deployed operationally in 1941 in the "Great Patriotic . 0uXA{z2{w I found mine at the Dayton Hamvention many years ago for $10. We are now at a point where the surplus WW2 electronics should no longer be hacked to bits. This would be the first time that the Government had ever used this method on a big job (Woodbury, 1946: 52). Military radar band nomenclature, L, S, C, X, Ku, and K bands originated during World War II as a secret code so scientists and engineers could talk about frequencies without divulging them. Most of the community orbits around Electric Radio Magazine. FuG 17: Designation for a Torn Fu H transceiver. It operated in the 27,000 to 33,300kHz (27-33.3MHz) range. He wanted to convey to the world the idea that Nazism was an acceptable political idea and his first radio broadcasts were performances by some of Germany's top orchestras and opera singers.Once this approach had bedded down, he introduced a system whereby little messages were broadcast piece by piece - spreading the . Flavio Moreira has added a new log for Radio Feather X. Keri Szafir liked Resurrecting Old Computer Hardware And Software. Of course I am not proud of that today. Officially the only people who were allowed to listen to foreign broadcasts were the SS and Abwehr (army intelligence) for intelligence purposes and members of the Nazi Party who were given special permission to use more powerful radios to listen out for and disown Allied propaganda. FuSpr.d: A mid-band HF transceiver. Some command and reconnaissance units had this infantry transceiver to allow then to talk to Panzergrenadier units.[2]. The initial problem was how to build a tower higher than 600 feet. One of the first tasks was building the Operation Office in Alameda. At that time, the mood of America was one of caution. John in Texas. endobj The B-17 was the work horse of high altitude heavy bombers when the United States entered World War II. It needs some work too. It operated in the 24.1 to 25MHz (24100 to 25000kHz) frequency range with a transmission power of 5 Watts. Not intended to be used on the move. If run out of trim, I might do a little naughty and just strap a little booster cap across it. (Looking at you, [MisterM]!). But now with what you have done, I will go thru the receiver completely. American ingenuity in developing strategies that maximized the impact of their planes strengths and minimized the consequences of their weaknesses was a key factor in stopping Japanese expansion in 1941. The problem with these crystals was, that frequencies of the radio nets were planned frequencies for day and night time, just for all the 24 hour. However, in 1938, there were also many officers and political leaders that sensed the seriousness of the rising turmoil in China and the growing interest of the Japanese in the Pacific, including Hawaii. Feldfu f: 28.0 - 33.0MHz Panzergrenadier. Identical to Torn.Fu.b with exception of frequency range. 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With the receiver aligned I tested its sensitivity. << /S /GoTo /D [90 0 R /Fit] >> There are plenty. << /S /GoTo /D (subsection.2.1) >> have extremely high DC impedance) at high voltages. endobj As it operated on the same band as the FuG 5 it allowed them, for example, to listen to the regimental command net while talking to the subordinate units at the same time. Short-range radio systems designed for aircraft-to-aircraft communication, known as command sets subdivided into a multitude of bands. Miraculously it came to life when powered. On May 25th, 1939 Congress passed an appropriation bill providing 63 million dollars for Naval Air Bases. Please note: the Haik Stairs are currently closed and illegal to access. Range 2 km AM voice to 4 km CW. (The \215Special Messages\216 \(Coded Messages\)) That radio has an acceptance stencil from Alameda Naval Air Station The PNAB was initiated in the 1930s as turmoil was mounting in the Pacific. 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