PRT-4 / PRR-9 Squad Radio Set
UPDATED 1/21/2026 The PRT-4 and PRR-9 worked together as an attempt at a simple, lightweight Squad radio, albeit one-way. First fielded in Vietnam by the U.S. Army in March 1967, […]
The “Tells Peak” B-17C Crash Site
UPDATED 8/2/2025 This is a story about a trip to the B-17C bomber that crashed in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California in November 1941, a month before the Pearl […]
I watched a B-26 (A-26) go down near Mitchel Field NY
UPDATED 6/29/2023: I grew up about a mile and a half from Mitchel Air Force Base on Long Island NY, almost directly under the main approach to Runway 30. As […]
Stealthy / Covert Antennas
“Try to look unimportant – they may be low on ammo.” Murphy’s Laws of Combat. UPDATED 10/23/2024 This section will deal with various practical means to covertly operate radio systems […]
AN/GRC-109 / RS-1 Transmitter with VFO
UPDATED 21NOV14 Of course my favorite military Black Radio. The GRC-109 and its immediate predecessor the CIA’s RS-1. I was sitting here thinking about the cost of adding additional FT-243 […]
RACAL TRA-967/3 VHF FM Transceiver
Updated 7/15/2025 This is a RACAL TRA-967/3 VHF FM transceiver that was formerly operated by Saddam Hussein’s army in Kuwait during the 1990-1991 Gulf War. AKA Operations Desert Shield, Desert […]
Tap Code
How to communicate covertly with someone else who knows the Tap Code: Tap on the floor, pipe, whistle; make any sound in the following sequence to send an alphabetic message. […]
BigFoot Command Post discovered !
RADIOACTIVITY!: This primitive beast was recently seen and recorded on a home video and then tracked back to its apparent Command Post near an abandoned Uranium mine deep in the […]
The “Other” PT Boats
Updated: 8 May 2025 The Vietnam-era Nasty/Trumpy class PTF’s (Patrol Torpedo Fast) were similar in concept to the WWII PT Boats but with some significant differences. Built in 1966-68, the […]
Radium Painted Meters
UPDATED 7/14/2025 Like old wrist watches with “glow in the dark” hands and numerals, some meters of that era had radium paint on their needles and scales. A Radium-containing compound […]