![]() ![]() The radio could be built from basic scrap, with the exception of the earplug or earphones those could be liberated from that enemy tank or aircraft wreckage. They were built and used during the time spent in the “Wait” part of “Hurry up and Wait”. These Fox Hole radios did not require batteries – they were powered by the signal from the distant radio station as collected by the receiver antenna. The BBC, Radio Australia and US Armed Forces Radio Stations would carry news from home, music and the all-important sports scores. Although the enemy propaganda was laughable, those stations attracted GI’s with their popular music pumped out by powerful radio transmitters. “ If it’s stupid – but works – it isn’t stupid “ Murphy’s Laws of Combatĭuring WWI, WWII and later conflicts, many GI’s built “Fox Hole Radios” to listen to news, music, Tokyo Rose, Axis Sally, Lord Haw Haw and probably Hanoi Hannah too. I’ve built a lot of crystal radios but this one still works the best due to careful antenna – diode – headset impedance matching. A crystal radio would have been very handy at that point.įun times – I still have the CR-1 and it still works great although the H-43/U headset shown above is not original. The transmitting sites would change every several minutes as they broadcast emergency information messages. Measures taken by the USG to prevent Soviet bombers from homing in on our AM broadcast transmitters as the Imperial Japanese Navy did during the attack on Pearl Harbor. These markings were required on all radio receivers built between 19, including this one. Those little CD (Civil Defense) markings were the frequencies set aside (6 KC) in the AM broadcast band for CONELRAD alert messages. Note the markings on the right-hand “DET” dial. Wrong….(I learned after looking through a Heathkit catalog that that feat would require a radio TRANSMITTER! I would drool over actual transmitters in the catalog that could do this – like the DX-100 which I would eventually own).
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