MILITARY
COLLECTOR GROUP POST, Nov.1/98
INDEX:
Art Bauers New
Book; A review by William L. Howard
WANT / TRADE LIST
FOR KEVIN HOUGH;
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I recently received a copy of Art Bauers
new book, titled, “ FUNKPEILUNG ALS
ALLIIERT WAFFE GEGEN DEUTSCH U - BOOTE 1939 - 1945”
It is a very high quality book and contains
323 pages, 49 line
drawings and 30 black
and white photographs, Most of which
are 8” x 10” pictures. The text, however, is in German so
unless you can read
German it doesn’t make a great deal of sense. The book
explains the propagation
of radio
waves, the Enigma
Coding system and the Enigma machines
as well as the method of communication to the submarine fleet. A detailed
description of the German U-boat
radio organizations is included.
The
most important
chapter describes
the operation of the HUFF-DUFF
(HF/DF) [High Frequency Radio Direction Finding] and the
details of how it
worked. The antenna system, which was the backbone of the
system, is explained
in great detail. The author has also
integrated into the story
the eye
witness reports of three British Huff-Duff operators, but they
have been translated into German!
The explanations of the Enigma messages
which were sent for different purposes, and then were decoded
at the
Governments Code and Cipher Center at Bletchely Park, were
based on original
Public Record Office (PRO London) documents. In the appendix
is a copy of the
entire Enigma (general) manual M. Dv. Nr. 32/1, as well as
several copies of
other original coding material. Metox history with never
before published
details; “Kurier” the top secret super fast U-boat's
transmission system. This
enabled messages to be transmitted within 454 msec!!!! Included is a
picture of the inside of this
apparatus, which has never been printed before in
un-classified documents. This
section was based on an article
that was
originally written by a British colleague and the author has
extended the
description of the technology in this chapter.
He has also included an extract from a British film
strip recording made
during their trial testing of the system in 1945/46. All the
important
technical principles of the system are described. Also
included was a
contribution from a German co-author
describing the technical
details
of the “Goliath Sender” which
was
considered the world's most powerful tube VLF transmitter (up
to 1000 kW
output). It was able to send signals to submarines while these
were submerged,
even in the Indian Ocean!
I went through the book in great detail and
found the pictures to be excellent, there were numerous
schematics and many
excellent photographs of the German sets and the British
equipment. The section
on the Enigma has been covered in other books, in English, but
this is a
necessary element in
understanding the
subject of the book. This book will make an excellent addition
to the history
of both radio development and in the history of submarnie
warfare as it was
conducted in WW II.
I can only hope that the author will find
the time to prepare at least a supplament to the book with an
English
translation. With
such a supplement, I
would recommend the book to everyone with an interest in
radios and or
submarines.
William L. Howard
LTC Armor
USAR(Retd)
THE WILLIAM L.
HOWARD ORDNANCE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE MUSEUM
e-mail
wlhoward@gte.net Telephone AC 813 585-7756
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Dennis,
I got this message from Art Bauer and also
include my reply. Do you think there are 1000 people world
wide that would be
interested in this book?
Bill Howard
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To: William L.
Howard <wlhoward@gte.net>
Subject: New book
English version
Date: Sunday,
December 21, 1997 9:58 AM
Bill,
Because I am not
a native Anglo-Saxon, hence not the right person to translate
this book, but
probably we can arrange, via the most
advanced way, this handicap!!
If we can find
somebody who can do so, we probably can
prepare an abridgement (or full translation) of the
content of each
page. We can store this on a CD Rom (or on a diskette), but
would the market be
sufficient, so that it
will commercially
be a success? Such CD (or diskette) could be
added to the
book. If we can't sell 1000 books, it is useless to think
about this project.
What is your
opinion?
Arthur
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Art,
There are about 300 radio collectors on the
internet that I know of.
Many more not
on the internet. We
also have an
organization in this area called "Shark Hunters" who are very
interested
in German U-Boats and their history. I do not know how many
are in this group
but I think they have
chapters all over
the USA. I will
have to check on this
for you but it will take some time.
There are probably many more people in
England who would be interested and then there must be many
Europeans who speak
English as a second language
and do not know
German.
Then we have the U 505 at the Museum of
Science and Industry in Chicago and this would be an ideal
book for them to
carry in their gift shop. There are also several places that
sell radio related
books such as Antique Electronic Supply in Tempe, Arizona and
there is also
Manion's Auction which has many books on various German
related topics.
The book on the Panther tank, originally
published in German, was translated into English and has done
quite well.
Barger's books on German Radios have
already gone into their third printing so there must be people
out there who
buy them and would probably buy your book.
I will check on Sharkhunters for you but it
may be next year before I get you an answer.
Bill Howard
THE WILLIAM L.
HOWARD ORDNANCE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE MUSEUM
e-mail
wlhoward@gte.net Telephone AC 813 585-7756
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From: Arthur O.
Bauer <AOBAUER@compuserve.com>
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Ed) if you have
an interest in this book, or it's English translation, I would
suggest that you
send a message to the author at the above address.
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Manual for R-110
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Manual for
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C-434/GRC
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box C-433/GRC
Parts for PP-109
Power supply (vibrators, transformers, balast tubes)
Power cable
CX-1210/u (connects
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A
self-important young man goes out and buys the best car
available, a 1997 TVR
Cerbera. He takes it out for a spin, while doing so, stops at
a red light. An
old prostitute on a moped (both looking about 90 years old)
pulls up next to
him.
The old pro looks
over the sleek, shiny surface of the car and asks:"What kind
of car ya'
got there luvver?"
The young man
replies:"A 1997 TVR Cerbera. They cost over £40000"
"That's a lot
of money", replies the old tart. "Why do they cost so much?"
"Because
this car can do up to 180 miles per hour !" states the young
man proudly.
The moped driver
asks, "Can I take a look inside?"
"Sure", replies the owner.
So the old girl
pokes her head through the window and looks around. Leaning
back on her moped,
she says, "That is a pretty nice car indeed".
Just then the
light changes, so the young guy decides to show the old hooker
what his car can
do. He floors it and within 10 seconds the speedometer reads
120 mph. Suddenly
he notices a dot in his rear view mirror that seems to be
getting closer ! He
slows down to see what it could be and all of a sudden,
WHHHOOOOSSSHHH !
Something whips by him, going much faster !
"What on
earth could be going faster than my TVR
Cerbera ?" , the young man asks himself. Then ahead of him, he
sees a dot
coming toward him. WHOOOOSSHH !
It goes
by again, heading in the opposite direction!
And it almost
looked like the old tart on the moped. "Couldn't be", thinks
the guy
. How could a moped outrun
a TVR Cerbera
?"
Again he sees a
dot in his rear view mirror !
WHOOOOSSSHH-BLAMM !
It plows into
the back of his car. The young man jumps out. It is the old
prostitute! Of
course she and the moped are hurting for
certain. He runs up to the old tart and says: "You're hurt bad
! Is there
anything I can do for
you?"
The old tart
groans and replies: "Yes. Please unhook my suspenders from
your wing
mirror!"
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A town in Poland
had only one cow and it stopped giving milk. The townspeople
did a little
research and discovered they could get a cow from Moscow for
2000 rubles but
they could get a cow from Minsk for only 1000 rubles. So they got the cow
from Minsk.
It was a great
cow, gave lots of milk and lots of cream and everybody loved
this cow. The
people decided they would mate the cow and get more cows and
then they would
never have to worry about their milk supply again. So they got
a bull and led
the cow and the bull into the pasture. When the bull came in
from the right to
mount the cow, the cow moved to the left. When the bull moved
in to mount the
cow from the left, the cow moved to the right. This went on
all day.
Finally, in
desperation, the people decided to go ask the rabbi what to
do. After all he
was very wise. They told him the story. "Rabbi, we've tried
all day to
mate our cow. When the bull moves in from the right the cow
moves left, and
when the bull moves in from the left the cow moves to the
right. What do we
do?"
The Rabbi thought
a moment and said, "Ok, why did you buy this cow from Minsk?"
"Rabbi,"
they said, "you are so wise. We never said we bought the cow
from Minsk.
How did you know that?"
The Rabbi said,
"My wife is from Minsk."
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EDITOR;Dennis
Starks; MILITARY RADIO
COLLECTOR/HISTORIANmilitary-radio-guy@juno.com