Transcript of a recording by Lieutenant Colonel R G Wells, on the construction of radio equipment whilst in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp after the fall of Singapore.
| The need for a radio. Creating the capacitor. The cinnamon resistor. The unconstructables: Headsets and Valves. The race for power. AC - DC: Rectifieying the problem. Receiving the signal. The raid! |
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http://histru.bournemouth.ac.uk/CHiDE/Oral_History_of_Defence_Electronics/r_g_wells.htm
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| | The Wireless Set No.10 was the first radio unit to offer multi-channel communication, and came into service after the D-Day landings of June 1944. By providing a mobile and secure form of contact between battlefield commanders and their operational headquarters the WS10 was an essential contributor to the successful advance of the Allies across Northern Europe . Click on the image to enter this area and learn more. (This presentation has been created by James Cambrook in fulfilment of coursework requirements for Level I, BSc History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science, University College London). |
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