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Michael Black wrote:
starman ) writes: wrote: Richard Larson wrote: I've been watching Hogan's Heroes reruns and in the beginning they show Kinch operating some sort of radio. He's shown turning a crank looks like. What sort of radio could that be? Navy survival kits used to (maybe still do) include a handcrank radio, plus a key, so shipwrecked sailors could send out SOS messages. I wouldn't be surprised in B17 crews had similar things. Hudley Pearse Hand cranked generators were common during WWII for powering portable transmitters/receivers. They were similar to an aircraft magneto generator. I gather a lot of spy equipment was battery operated, or ran off the AC line. The real puzzle about the equipment in Hogan's POW camp should be how they weren't tracked down every time they transmitted. Since it was a fixed location, it would be much easier to direction find them than if they moved each time they transmitted. If the germans didn't catch them one time, they'd have the generally area and each subsequent transmission would help to pin down the location. Michael Absolutely right - but then you wouldn't have had a hit TV show. Televison/movie/theatre require that you "suspend you belief" as a basic premise most of the itme. Like Gilligan's Island - as the old joke runs: If the professor was smart enough to make a radio out of a coconut, why couldn't he fix a hole in a boat? :) Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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