Identifier: belltelephonemag22amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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icient radio communica-tion between planes and with their base enables each squadron to fight as a co-ordinated team hands. Vichyites and Nazis, whoknew better, searched madly for themysterious station and, not finding it,forced Radio Morocco to resort tojamming. But even the jammingdidnt quite work. The mystery sta-tion shifted its frequency just a little North Africa would have given agreat deal to know where the mysterytransmitter was located—although itwouldnt have done them much good.Off shore, over the horizon, lay thesinister shape of a great Americanbattleship. Aboard her, under the 1943 Alio Maroc! 151 protection of her deadly batteries andenclosed by a screen of destroyers,was a Western Electric 5 kilowattradio broadcasting transmitter. The story of how this transmitter,designed to bring to New Jersey Into Western Electrics Radio Di-vision came the first triple A pri-ority and directive ever seen by themen who work there on Governmentcontracts. The Amphibian Command needed
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U. S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS rilOTO Gun positions on an American troop transport look like this when seen from above. Telephones bring to the gun crews the orders which set all guns to bear on the target of enemy plane or ship listeners the usual entertainment fareand the commercials of the ether,happened to be aboard a battleshipin action off the coast of Africa isone of the intriguing stories of thewar. It began September 29, 1942. a 5 kilowatt transmitter—in a rush!Every hour—every tick of the clock—counted. Its purpose and ultimatedestination were not disclosed. Noimportance could be attached to thefact that manufacture of such appa-ratus had been suspended for the 152 Bell Telephone Magazine SEPTEMBER duration—that even replacementparts were becoming increasinglyscarce. Only two facts mattered:the Company had manufactured suchequipment, it must find such equip-ment and make delivery to Norfolk,Virginia—and would do so, some-how. Division records disclosed that a5 kilowatt tr

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