In Reply to: when Goering realised that Britain had won the radar/radio war ... posted by Timbo in Oz on February 5, 2017 at 00:28:39:
The Germans were fighting the allied forces at a machinery rate of 200 to 1.
When the Germans had one plane up against 200 American and British planes,not to mention tanks and ships,those odds are difficult to overcome.They were lacking raw materials but they had technology that was the world's best at that time.Thank God we drop tons of artillery on them or they would have developed the atomic and hydrogen bombs first.
Anyway,those radios are excellent performers.I'm sure his antenna system is first rate but any WW2 radio that worked like that one did is incredible.I looked at the engineering just in the bandswitch and it's second to none.The Collins R390 and Hammarlund SP600 and Racal RA-17 rival it, but keep in mind they came out 10 years later.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
Edits: 02/05/17
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- RE: when Goering realised that Britain had won the radar/radio war ... - Michael Samra 05:20:09 02/05/17 (28)
- RE: when Goering realised that Britain had won the radar/radio war ... - kingjim1954 15:46:40 02/09/17 (1)
- R-648 - sony6060 17:06:57 02/19/17 (0)
- About radios in warfare? In fact, any materiel? - Timbo in Oz 12:52:14 02/05/17 (5)
- StuG III - FenderLover 08:36:39 02/06/17 (4)
- yes, very true. - Timbo in Oz 09:29:33 02/06/17 (3)
- RE: yes, very true. - Eli Duttman 12:53:22 02/06/17 (2)
- Operation Zitadelle - FenderLover 12:20:00 02/08/17 (1)
- RE: Operation Zitadelle - TheGuitarFairy 13:33:17 02/08/17 (0)
- At the end perhaps 5 to 1 when comparing bombers to fighters. - Timbo in Oz 12:18:04 02/05/17 (19)
- RE: At the end perhaps 5 to 1 when comparing bombers to fighters. - Michael Samra 13:43:56 02/05/17 (14)
- "Don't forget that the US and the UK provided a lot of the arms to the USSR to do this." - Timbo in Oz 14:16:56 02/05/17 (13)
- RE: "Don't forget that the US and the UK provided a lot of the arms to the USSR to do this." - painter27 16:15:27 02/05/17 (3)
- absolutely, - Timbo in Oz 23:53:10 02/07/17 (0)
- RE: "Don't forget that the US and the UK provided a lot of the arms to the USSR to do this." - Eli Duttman 09:40:39 02/06/17 (1)
- RE: "Don't forget that the US and the UK provided a lot of the arms to the USSR to do this." - Crazy Dave 20:26:26 02/06/17 (0)
- RE: "Don't forget that the US and the UK provided a lot of the arms to the USSR to do this." - Michael Samra 15:25:20 02/05/17 (8)
- It depens on who you ask I suppose - painter27 16:26:32 02/05/17 (1)
- RE: It depens on who you ask I suppose - Michael Samra 21:53:40 02/05/17 (0)
- Russia pretty much survived on her own until 1943, when they began winning e.g. Kursk, and never looked back. - Timbo in Oz 15:46:49 02/05/17 (5)
- RE: Russia pretty much survived on her own until 1943, when they began winning e.g. Kursk, and never looked back. - Michael Samra 21:57:02 02/05/17 (4)
- and yet the tiny population of the UK received 3 times as much aid under Lend Lease. - Timbo in Oz 02:27:31 02/06/17 (3)
- RE: and yet the tiny population of the UK received 3 times as much aid under Lend Lease. - Eli Duttman 18:05:09 02/06/17 (2)
- RE: and yet the tiny population of the UK received 3 times as much aid under Lend Lease. - Michael Samra 21:39:56 02/06/17 (1)
- RE: and yet the tiny population of the UK received 3 times as much aid under Lend Lease. - Eli Duttman 03:49:04 02/07/17 (0)
- RE: At the end perhaps 5 to 1 when comparing bombers to fighters. - sony6060 12:43:19 02/05/17 (3)
- RE: At the end perhaps 5 to 1 when comparing bombers to fighters. - Michael Samra 21:42:36 02/06/17 (1)
- RE: At the end perhaps 5 to 1 when comparing bombers to fighters. - sony6060 05:52:38 02/07/17 (0)
- RE: At the end perhaps 5 to 1 when comparing bombers to fighters. - Michael Samra 13:44:36 02/05/17 (0)