From: military-radio-guy Full-Name: Dennis R Starks To: military radio collectors#2 Fcc: Sent Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 05:24:35 Subject: MILITARY COLLECTOR GROUP POST, Nov.20/98 Message-ID: <19981120.052335.18447.6.military-radio-guy@juno.com> X-Status: Sent X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 MILITARY COLLECTOR GROUP POST, Nov.20/98 Index: COAST WATCHERS STORY/BOOK; From Steve Hill MEMBERS WRITE; ARR-15/ART-13? Group/Government Buy's, HUMOR; *********************************************** COAST WATCHERS STORY/BOOK; From Steve Hill Gday Dennis, I finished reading the book about about coastwatchers. The book is entitled "Missionary Turns Spy" It is written by Pastor A Freund and is his story of his adventures in evading the Japs in northern PNG. Pastor Freund was a Lutheran minister, working as a missionary in New Guinea prior to the war. The Lutheran Church of Australia has been and still is actively involved in mission work in PNG. Most Lutherans in Australia (including my family) originated from Germany, which led to suspicion of many of the mission workers, however most of them actively opposed the Japanese and many were enlisted by the Australian armed forces and worked as coastwatchers. When the Japs first invaded the Northern part of PNG, Pastor Freund and his co-workers had no choice but to evacuate all the white workers from his mission. The mission boats were used to skirt the coastline at night, and were hidden in trees near shore during the day. Several daytime dashes were made but no Japanese planes sighted the boats. After reaching a safer area, the boats were left. Pastor Freund and many of his co-workers were met by a representative of the New Guinea Volunteer Regiment (NGVR) and drafted into the military. Pastor Freund objected but was given the choice of enlisting in the Navy and becoming a coastwatcher, which is what he did. He and his co-workers were now coastwatchers. Note that they were not issued enlistment numbers, and did not receive even a uniform for some time. Each coastwatcher was issued with a Teleradio 3BZ, built by AWA. This consisted of Reciever, Transmitter, Accessories, Batteries, and Petrol driven battery charger. It required at least six native carriers just to carry the radio. Thus every time the party wanted to move, large amounts of native carriers were needed. Trading material (such as salt) was carried for this purpose. Note that none of the coastwatchers in this story had any training in radio, knew nothing about electronics, and did not know morse code. The coastwatchers were issued general working frequencies, and a special X frequency for making reports. The X frequency supposedly top secret but the coastwatchers found it by tuning the reciever while running the oscillator with the X crystal in the transmitter. Thus they could listen to reports made by other coastwatchers. Supplies were regularly dropped by planes. General coastwatching duties continued for some time. Jap movements were reported whenever sighted. Several failures were experienced with the radios, and repairs were done by trial and error, as the fault was usually very simple. One failure was experienced which prevented the voice section from working but it would transmit in CW. Thus the operator taught himself CW so reports could still be made. The fault was eventualy repaired. This continued until the situation really hotted up. The Japs captured the township only a few miles away. They would be searching the area very soon. The standing order from Port Moresby was "You are more useful to us alive than dead". In other words do not engage the enemy, get out! Thus the gear was collected up and the party ran. Several neighbouring coastwatchers were captured and executed. To be captured as a coastwatcher meant certain death. Pastor Freund and his party retreated through the mountains to Port Moresby. Obviously a lot more than that happened, but that is basically the story in a nutshell. Cheers ----------------------- Steve Hill VK4CZT visit my military radio page 39 Banbury St Carina. 4152. Brisbane. Queensland. Australia. *********************************************** MEMBERS WRITE; ARR-15/ART-13? Ok, bin following the debate on what receivers were used with ART-13 and if ARR-41 was ever used with that transmitter. has bin real instructional seeing response from everyone. but brings up question in my mind, what is a ARR-15 and why is it getting so much credit for being used with ART-13. every thirteen that I have seen was with a BC-348. I have seen many in person, talked with several people who used them in different aircraft and almost every picture that I have seen of a thirteen instillation shows it with a BC-348. I can see a ARC-5 variant working with it, or some other peace of navy garbage, but lets give credit where credit is due. the 348 is the predominate receiver, and is one of the best ( along with the ground BC-342 ) of the period. There, I have vented my spleen ( really hope a ARR-15 is not the BC-348 ) and hope that I did not insert my foot to firmly in my mouth. Ray Fantini RAFANTINI@SSU.EDU ed) I too would prefer that you don't insert your foot into your mouth, that's my job. In the event that you do, rest assured that I'll let you know. The ARR-15 question is a good one. But I don't have an adequate answer. I know only that this receiver was available at the latter part of WW-II,this from various order/contract dates. Also that's it's very obvious that the set was specifically designed by Collins as a companion to the ART-13. Postwar use by both the Navy and Airforce has been confirmed in medium/heavy bombers, and long range patrol & cargo craft by veterans. Given the late war use of the ART-13 by the Army Air Corps, it would follow that the only aircraft that it might have been used in is the B-29. Our lack of evidence that would place this receiver in a specific application might stem from the fact that Naval use of equipment in general is very hard to document, and Naval aircraft equipment even more so. This for two reasons, first was the paranoia towards secrecy displayed by the Navy concerning all things technical. The second was the fact that then, as now, Naval aircraft were often custom fitted for a particular application this producing numerous variations and very few standard installations. In the case of the Army Air Corps use, we already know that the ART-13 was pretty much limited to use in the B-29, and that's one of the very few items that we can definitely say was used in the B-29. There is a lot of crap floating around as to just how these aircraft were outfitted, and I don't want to inter into a debate that I'm not well prepared for. But one case in point, the Enola Gay display at the Smithsonian includes an APX-6 IFF unit and a ARR-7(with an octal socket on the front panel) neither of which should be there. This aircraft was completely stripped of all non-essential equipment including armor, armaments, and communications equipment to reduce it's weight and increase it's speed so that it could outrun the bomb blast. It's only radio equipment was a VHF command set so that it could communicate with it's fighter escort. Lastly, it would not be easy to mistake an ARR-15 for a BC-348 even in a bad photograph. While the ARR-15 did have approximately the same dimensions as the BC-348, it controls where located on the narrow end of the radio as with the ARR-7. Contrary to the BC-348's controls being on the long side just as with the ARR-41. What made the ARR-15 particularly applicable to the ART-13 was it's remote control ability, auto tune, and 10 presetable channels. All governed by the same control head as the ART-13. Now, let us see if I have inserted foot in mouth! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group/Government Buy's, Dennis, Box arrived Our stuff was worth waiting for - I'm pleased as punch. The group should be able to really do some serious bidding at auction too. I'll try to keep my eyes open at the semi-local depots for any good green stuff.... Thanks again for the hard work Charlie Lamb ed) Whenever it became apparent what we might accomplish as a group, I envisioned and suggested using group assets to participate in Governments bidding. But sense that time, the DRMO has gone to shit leaving very little if anything to choose from. If you find anything, let us know. *********************************************** HUMOR; ----------------- Do you think the guy who invented the first vibrator kept hearing a voice that said, "Build it, and they will come."? ----------------- Never Assume A dinner speaker was in such a hurry to get to his engagement that when he arrived and sat down at the head table, he suddenly realized that he had forgotten his false teeth. Turning to the man next to him he said, "I forgot my teeth." The man said, "No problem." With that he reached into his pocket and pulled out a pair of false teeth. "Try these," he said. The speaker tried them. "Too loose," hesaid. The man then said, "I have another pair...try these." The speaker tried them and responded, "Too tight." The man was not taken back at all. He then said, "I have one more pair...try them." The speaker said, "They fit perfectly." With that he ate his meal and gave his address. After the dinner meeting was over, the speaker went over to thank the man who had helped him. "I want to thank you for coming to my aid. Where is your office? I've been looking for a good dentist." The man replied, "I'm not a dentist. I'm the local undertaker." ~~~~~~~~~~~ For the women! God created woman, and she had 3 breasts. He said to the woman,"Is there anything on you that you'd like to change?" She said, "Yes. Could you get rid of this middle breast?" So God snapped his fingers and it was done. She then exclaimed, holding the third breast in her hand, "What am I going to do with this useless boob?" And God created man. ----------------- California Girls? >From this morning's "Age," the Melbourne daily paper: An English music magazine reports that a feminist group has asked radio stations to ban the Beach Boys' song "California Girls" because its lyrics are "patronizing, demeaning and inappropriate." So, we have rewritten it for the nineties ... *** California Girls (1965) Well, east coast girls are hip I really dig the styles they wear. And the Southern girls with the way they talk, they knock me out when I'm down there. The midwest farmers' daughters really make me feel all right. And the northern girls with the way they kiss, they keep their boyfriends warm at night I wish they all could be California girls. *** California Sisters (1997) Females on the east coast are socially aware I greatly admire their dress sense. And females south of the Mason-Dixon line, because of their idiosyncratic speech patterns, leave me incredulous whenever I visit. Those women born to land owners and tillers imbue in me a wonderful sense of well being. And young women residing in northern states, with the singular manner of their intimate facial contact, help young males of their acquaintance maintain appropriate body temperatures when persistent evening chills threaten, social mores notwithstanding. In my opinion, they would all make excellent residents of California. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Merger Mania Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computer -- Fairwell Honeychild Polygraph Records, Warner Brothers, Keebler -- Poly-Warner-Cracker W.R. Grace buys Fuller Brush and Mary Kay, merges with Hale Business Systems -- Hale Mary Fuller Grace Yahoo and Netscape -- Net'n'Yahoo (but they'd have to relocate to Tel Aviv) 3M & Goodyear -- mmmGood John Deere & Abitibi-Price -- Deere Abi Honeywell and Imasco and Home Oil -- Honey, I'm Home Denison Mines and Alliance and Metal Mining -- Mine, All Mine 3M and JC Penney and Canadian Opera Company -- 3 Penney Opera Grey Poupon + Dockers Pants -- Poupon Pants Knott's Berry Farm + National Organization of Women -- Knott NOW Crabtree and Evelyn and Apple Computer -- Crab Apple Swissair and Cheseborough-Ponds -- Swisscheese Zippo Manufacturing and Audi and Dofasco and Dakota Mining -- Zip Audi Do Da ~~~~~~~~~~~ Camping Tips You can compress the diameter of your rolled up sleeping bag by running over it with your car. A two-man pup tent does not include two men or a pup. Take this simple test to see if you qualify for solo camping. Shine a flashlight into one ear. If the beam shines out the other ear, do not go into the woods alone. You can start a fire without matches by eating Mexican food, then breathing on a pile of dry sticks. The guitar of the noisy teenager at the next campsite makes excellent kindling. In an emergency, a drawstring from a parka hood can be used to strangle a snoring tent mate. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Redneck Driving Etiquette Never tow another car using pantyhose and duct tape. When sending your wife down the road with a gas can, it is impolite to ask her to bring back beer. Never relieve yourself from a moving vehicle, especially when driving. Do not lay rubber while traveling in a funeral procession. Dim your headlights for approaching vehicles, even if the gun is loaded and the deer is in sight. Do not remove the seats from the car so that all your kids can fit in. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Basic Rules For Driving In New York City Double-park in the Manhattan, unless triple-parking is available. Honk your horn the instant the light changes. Never get in the way of a car that needs extensive body work. The first parking space you see will be the last parking space you see. Grab it. Never, ever, stop for a pedestrian unless he flings himself under the wheels of your car Always look both ways when running a red light. Making eye contact revokes your right of way. ~~~~~~~~~~~ One morning the lion is feeling especially ferocious. He saunters over to a monkey swinging in a tree and roars, "Who's the king of this jungle?" The monkey scampers down from the tree, bows to the lion and stammered, "Wh..wh...why you are Mr. Lion." A few minutes later, the lion comes across a warthog. He stops in front of the animal and asks, "Who's the baddest dude in this jungle?" The warthog hid his face in the dirt and whispered, "You're the baddest, King Lion." This continues all morning long with animal after animal bowing and scraping to the lion. Finally the lion comes across an 80 year old bull elephant. He bellows at the elephant, "Who's the king of this jungle? Who owns this place?" With that the elephant wrapped his trunk around the lion's belly. He raised the lion 12 feet in the air and slammed his head against the ground. After that he slammed the lion into a tree on the right and then into another tree on the left. Finally, the elephant swung his trunk and threw the lion 35 feet away where the lion landed in a thorn bush. As the elephant lumbered down the trail the lion shook his paw and shouted, "Just because you don't know the answer, you don't have to get an attitude!" ~~~~~~~~~~~ A man entered a tee shirt store which had three shirts on display. The first had a picture of Richard Nixon with a white mustache. It contained the words: Got Milk? The next shirt had a picture of Ronald Reagan with a white mustache. It read: Forgot milk. The last had a picture of Monica Lewinsky with a white mustache. It said: Not Milk! ~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: Daffynitions ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. BEAUTY PARLOR: A place where women curl up and dye. CANNIBAL: Someone who is fed up with people. CHICKENS: The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead. COMMITTEE: A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours. DUST: Mud with the juice squeezed out. EGOTIST: Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation. GOSSIP: A person who will never tell a lie if the truth will do more damage. HANDKERCHIEF: Cold Storage. INFLATION: Cutting money in half without damaging the paper. MYTH: A female moth. MOSQUITO: An insect that makes you like flies better. RAISIN: Grape with a sunburn. SECRET: Something you tell to one person at a time. SKELETON: A bunch of bones with the person scraped off. TOOTHACHE: The pain that drives you to extraction. TOMORROW: One of the greatest labor saving devices of today. YAWN: An honest opinion openly expressed. WRINKLES: Something other people have. You have character lines. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Radar: "Flight 1234, for noise abatement turn right 45 degrees." Pilot: "Roger, but we are at 35,000 feet, how much noise can we make up here?" Radar: "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 727 makes when it hits a 747?" ----------------- From: Sandy McDade