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How To build a radio in a POW camp -- the real life King Rat
- anigbrowl 17y agoI can't upvote this enough. The book mentioned in the OP is a superb read too, for its portrayal of the context in which this kind of hack took place.
- Retric 17y agoMore direct link: http://www.zerobeat.net/qrp/powradio.html http://www.zerobeat.net/qrp/powradio.html
- profquail 17y agoSee also: "Foxhole Radio" (with instructions): http://bizarrelabs.com/foxhole.htm http://bizarrelabs.com/foxhole.htm
- radu_floricica 17y agoExactly by whom was he arrested and court martialed? Somehow it sounds as if it was by his own superior officers...
- almost 17y agoGiven that he was in a Japanese POW camp it would probably be safe to assume that he was arrest and tried by the Japanese.
- sown 17y agoThis is one impressive hack.
- ars 17y agoWhen he says "valve" does he mean diode?
- wglb 17y agoThis is a great story. Ham Radio is a place for prime hackers. I love the resourcefulness of the guy in the article.
- mark_h 17y agoThat was amazing. My favourite subversive radio story before this is the balloon radio transmissions in Poland: http://www.idlewords.com/2007/04/balloon_pirate_radio.htm http://www.idlewords.com/2007/04/balloon_pirate_radio.htm