Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
Scott Dorsey wrote:
If you go onto an American military base in Germany today, you'll still
see Edison outlets at 110V. Americans have always carried our power with
us wherever we have gone.

But in the summer of 1944, you would not have found any (110 volt
power or US bases) in Europe. The whole point of the unit was to be
a portable radio station, not something you had to build a base around.

Sure you would have! Wherever you have an SCR-299, a tent, and an
infantryman, there you have a military base.

The cost of a "universal" power supply would not have been that
much higher.

True, but not all that useful if you're carrying around a generator
anyway.
--scott
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