From: military-radio-guy Full-Name: Dennis R Starks To: military radio collectors#1 Fcc: Sent Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 03:25:05 Subject: MILITARY COLLECTOR GROUP POST, Apr.13/99 Message-ID: <19990413.032404.17999.2.military-radio-guy@juno.com> X-Status: Sent X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 MILITARY COLLECTOR GROUP POST, Apr.13/99 Index: MORE ON THE 30WS AND 80WS; by Hue Miller PX-300S MANUALS; WHATSIT'S; FAAR/TADDS System Receiver? Zvezda 54 radios? HUMOR; *********************************************** MORE ON THE 30WS AND 80WS; by Hue Miller It's very interesting that the German scout and command vehicle setups included low mediumwave equipment in the MWEc receiver and the 30WSa and 80WS. this equipment was carried in addition to the more generally distributed low-vhf equipment of the UKW series, ( UKW = Ultra Kurzwelle = ultrashort wave ) with its shorter range of less than 5 miles. the apparent logic was to provide a stronger ground wave signal which would follow the lay of the land better, over hill country, for example. of course in motion this was fairly impractical to operate with a standard antenna, so when you see photos of German scout cars you will see what is called a "frame antenna" around the top deck, which looks rather like a handrail. this antenna itself was not practical for the command Panzer ( AFVs ) so these, in addition to the usual UKW mast antenna of about 1.5 meters length also carried another robust and heavy mast antenna with some capacitive "whiskers" from the top, called "Sternantenna" = "star antenna. The 30WS covers 1000 - 3000 kc/s so it is well suited to amateur radio operation, either A1 or A3, on the 160 meter band, simply by supplying the correct voltages. Italian radio seems to have followed along the same line of MW frequency employment. Marinelli is i believe the firm which built the Italian low-vhf AFV radios while A. Bocchini company built several models of LF-MF equipment, such as the movable set RF-4 which covered 200 - 4000 kc/s. It's well to not overpraise German equipment. While the gear looks great, there is nothing in the German arsenal to compare with a piece such as the BC-1306 or BC-348. Compare for example the German field sets in power and weight against their US counterparts. Of course, a main problem for Germans was their equipment was mostly developed in the prewar years 1937-1939. Imagine how old fashioned US gear would appear had we been limited to our prewar equipment. ( digression: one exception would be the BC-224 receiver, which actually dates to 1936. No other country had anything comparable to this receiver in those years, that is certain.) Also note that German gear produced 1944 on has problems with construction quality, and most of the 1943 production also. The worst problem is the substitution of lowgrade pot metals for almost entire construction on some sets, and for parts of other sets. Also i note the lack of paint primer on some late models, so that paint is not well anchored. Of course, the 1000 year Reich had only a couple years left, so quality of construction could be slighted. The pot metal has the disturbing tendency to absorb moisture, expand, and then crack or crumble like clay. Corrie Ten Boom, a dutch woman imprisoned in a concentration camp - aircraft radio factory, recalls in her memoirs sabotaging the radio construction by means of hidden wiring errors. One wonders to what extent German production was set back by the ill will of her army of slaves. Oh, also now digression #24-E, World At War series of about 25 years ago had one number on experiences of WW2 POWs, and one German POW on the eastfront told of loading German communications equipment on traincars going back to the USSR. The equipment was loaded by means of shovelling it aboard. Some breakage, yes, but the important thing is that the quota is met, comrade. Digression #24-F is that the British LRDG ( Long Range Desert Group, armed truck carried scout / raiders ) vehicles carried US equipment including the BC-191 transmitter. With choice of tuning units one had both the MW and the HF frequencies. This is not the most modern equipment, to be sure, but it's impossible to name a German set that offered the same frequency range and power versus weight in a mobile package. Digression #25-G is that, for example, the potmetal field receiver Torn E.b. seems to weigh insanely heavy when hefted, and in fact is about twice as heavy as the same radio, pre-potmetal. hue miller ka7lxy *********************************************** PX-300S MANUALS; I have five requests for PX-300S manual copies. They are: Ralph Hogan Jay Coward Joseph Pinner Mark Burgess David Ward Could these people (and anyone else who wants to get on the list) please email me your mailing address. I plan to use a flat rate envelope and I think the postage will be $3.20. The copying cost is about $6 or less. I will know the exact amount when I do the copies. Tom Bryan ed) put me down for one. *********************************************** WHATSIT'S; FAAR/TADDS System Receiver? G'day Dennis, I have a little FM rx unit which I believe was part of a portable unit of the above system - made by Dynell Electronics - U.S. Army Part #10690180. Do you have any info on this unit? Need schematic diagram if possible to repair set. Cheers Dave Prince VK4KDP Ipswich, Queensland, Australia davprin@gil.com.au http://www.home.gil.com.au/~davprin ed) I have no idea what you have. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Zvezda 54 radios? Hi Dennis.... I had an offer from Russia on the following...For sale ..Zvezda 54 radios and many others made in 1930-1970th years. Anyone on the list know anything about these Radios?? Thanks Hal *********************************************** HUMOR; "Insurance Money" A woman recently lost her husband. She had him cremated and brought his ashes home. Picking up the urn that he was in, she poured him out on the counter... Then she started talking to him, and tracing her fingers in the ashes, she said, "You know that fur coat you promised me Irving?" She answered by saying, "I bought it with the insurance money!" She then said, "Irving, remember that new car you promised me?" She answered again saying, "Well, I bought it with the insurance money!" Still tracing her finger in the ashes, she said,"Irving remember that blow job I promised you? Here it comes..." ----------------------------------------------------------------- A Bloke from Australia walks into a pub in London with a big ostrich behind him. He sits at the bar, and a small cat jumps up on the stool beside him. The barkeep comes over, regarding the trio with some curiosity, and says, "What'll it be?" The Aussie says, "I'll have a pint," and turns to the ostrich, "What's yours?" "I'll have a pint as well," says the ostrich. The bloke looks at the cat, and says, "I suppose you'll be wantin' a drink, too." The cat replies, "I'll have 'alf, but I ain't fookin' payin'!" So the barkeep pulls two and a half pints, and says, "That'll be three forty,please." The man reaches into his pocket, feels around, and pulls out exactly three-forty in change. A while later, the same thing happens, and the man pulls the exact amount out of the same pocket. The next day, the man, the ostrich, and the cat return to the same pub. "I'll have a pint," says the man. "Same for me," says the ostrich, and the cat orders up a half... "But I ain't fookin' payin'!" The Bloke pays each time with the exact amount from his pocket. This becomes a regular routine until late one evening, the trio enters again. "The same?" asks the barkeep. "Well", says the man, "it's close to last orders. I'll have a large scotch." He turns to the ostrich inquiringly. The bird says, "I'll have a large scotch as well." The cat says, "I'll have a small scotch... but I ain't fookin' payin'!" The barkeep rings up the drinks and turns, with a sly grin, "that'll be Seven twenty, please." To his amazement, the man pulls the exact seven & twenty Out of his pocket. As the trio are finishing their drinks, the barkeep can't contain his curiosity any longer. "Excuse me, sir, but before you leave there's something I must know...how do you manage to always come up with the exact change out of your pocket?" "Well," says the man, "several years ago, I took care of an old lady well into her nineties, and when she died, she left me her old house. As I was cleaning out the attic, I found an old lamp. When I rubbed it, a genie appeared and offered me two wishes." "That's fantastic", says the barkeep, "What did you wish for?" "Well, if I ever need to pay for anything, I just put my hand in my pocket and the right money will always be there." "That's brilliant," says the barkeep, "most people would wish for a million pounds or something, but you'll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live." "That's right, whether its a quart of milk or even a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there. 'Tis the best thing I ever did!" As he turns to go, the barkeep calls him back and says, "One last thing, sir... err, your friends there... we don't get many cats or ostriches drinkin' in 'ere...?" The man looks glum. "Yes, I know. That's probably the worst thing I ever did, but I'm stuck with 'em. You see, for my second wish from the genie, I asked for a chick with long legs and a tight pussy." ----------------------------------------------------------------- Two buddies were out for a Saturday stroll. One had a Doberman pinscher and the other had a Chihuahua. As they sauntered down the street, the guy with the Doberman said to his friend, "Let's go over to that restaurant and get something to eat." The guy with the Chihuahua said, "We can't go in there. We've got dogs with us." The one with the Doberman said, "Just follow my lead." They walked over to the restaurant and the guy with the Doberman put on a pair of dark glasses and started to walk in. The bouncer at the door said, "Sorry, Mac, no pets allowed." The man with the Doberman said, "You don't understand. This is my Seeing-Eye dog." The bouncer said, "A Doberman pinscher?" The man said, "Yes, they're using them now. They're very good." The bouncer said, "Come on in." The buddy with the Chihuahua figured what the heck, so he put on a pair of dark glasses and started to walk in. Once again the bouncer said, "Sorry, pal, no pets allowed." The man with the Chihuahua said, "You don't understand. This is my Seeing-Eye dog." The bouncer said, "A Chihuahua?" The man with the Chihuahua said, "A Chihuahua? They gave me a Chihuahua? ----------------------------------------------------------------- A guy named Joe received a free ticket to the SuperBowl from his company. Unfortunately, when Joe arrived at the stadium, he realized that his seat is in the last row, in the corner of the stadium. He's closer to the Goodyear Blimp than the field. About halfway through the first quarter, Joe sees through his binoculars an empty seat, 10 rows off the field, right on the 50 yardline. He decides to take a chance and makes his way through the stadium and around the security guards to the empty seat. As he sits down, Joe asks the gentleman sitting next to him, "Excuse me, is anyone sitting here?" The man says "No." Now, very excited to be in such a great seat for the game, Joe again inquires of the man next to him, "This is incredible! Who in their right mind would have a seat like this at the SuperBowl and not use it?!" The man replies, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven't been together at since we got married in 1967." "Well, that's really sad," said Joe, "but still, you couldn't find anyone to take the seat? A friend or close relative?" "No," the man replies, "They're all at the funeral." ----------------------------------------------------------------- A LITTLE KISS Four strangers traveled together in the same compartment of a European train. Two men and two women faced each other. One woman was a very wealthy and sophisticated 75 year old lady who was decked out in the finest of furs and jewelry. Next to her sat a beautiful young woman, nineteen years old, who looked like something right off the cover of a fashion magazine. Across from the older lady was a man in his late-forties who was a highly decorated Sergeant Major in the Army. And next to the Sergeant Major sat a young private fresh out of boot camp. As these four strangers traveled, they talked and chatted about trivial things until they entered an unlighted tunnel, and there they sat in complete darkness and total silence, until the sound of a distinct kiss broke the silence; following the kiss a loud slap could Be heard throughout the cabin. In the ensuing period of silence the four strangers sat quietly with their own thoughts. The older lady was thinking, "Isn't it wonderful that even in this permissive day and age there are still young women who have a little self-respect and dignity?" The young woman, shaking her head and greatly puzzled, asked herself, "Why in the world would any man in his right mind want to kiss an old fossil like that when I'm sitting here?" The Sergeant Major, rubbing his sore face was outraged that any woman could ever think that a man in his position would try to sneak a kiss in the dark. And the private, grinning from ear to ear, was thinking, "What a crazy and mixed up world this is when a private can kiss the back of his hand and then smack a Sergeant Major in the face and get away with it!" ----------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Redneck Medicine REDNECK MEDICAL TERMS Benign.........................What you be after you be eight. Artery.........................The study of paintings. Bacteria.......................Back door to cafeteria. Barium.........................What doctors do when patients die. Cesarean Section...............A neighborhood in Rome. Catscan........................Searching for Kitty. Cauterize......................Made eye contact with her. Colic..........................A sheep dog. Coma...........................A punctuation mark. D&C............................Where Washington is. Dilate.........................To live long. Enema..........................Not a friend. Fester.........................Quicker than someone else. Fibula.........................A small lie. Genital........................Non-Jewish person. G.I.Series.....................World Series of military baseball. Hangnail.......................What you hang your coat on. Impotent.......................Distinguished, well known. Labor Pain.....................Getting hurt at work. Medical Staff..................A Doctor's cane. Morbid.........................A higher offer than I bid. Nitrates.......................Cheaper than day rates. Node...........................I knew it. Outpatient.....................A person who has fainted. Pap Smear......................A fatherhood test. Pelvis.........................Second cousin to Elvis. Post Operative.................A letter carrier. Recovery Room..................Place to do upholstery. Rectum.........................Damn near killed him. Secretion......................Hiding something Seizure........................Roman emperor. Tablet.........................A small table. Terminal Illness...............Getting sick at the airport. Tumor..........................More than one. Urine..........................Opposite of you're out Varicose.......................Near by/close by *********************************************** (The preceding was a product of the"Military Collector Group Post", an international email magazine dedicated to the preservation of history and the equipment that made it. Unlimited circulation of this material is authorized so long as the proper credits to the original authors, and publisher or this group are included. For more information conserning this group contact Dennis Starks at, military-radio-guy@juno.com) ***********************************************