On 5/1/2010 1:43 PM, John from Detroit wrote:

As recently as Viet Nam they were still using ham gear in the Military.
Good Solid KWM-2's in fact.

I used a KWM-2A and 30L-1 when I ran the Navy MARS station at Danang.

We had a log-periodic at 40 feet, and I was able to reach the states
nine nights out of ten.

The KWM-2A wasn't a perfect radio: at the Air Force MARS station in
Saigon, they had to pair each KWM-2A with a 51S-1 receiver, since the
receiver in the KWM-2A couldn't handle the intermod from adjacent
positions. However, it did combine rugged construction with relative
ease-of-use, and the audio quality helped a lot with noisy phone lines.

73,

Bill W1AC

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