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The SCR-68 (SCR was a military term meaning Set, Complete, Radio [1]) was a military radiotelephone used by the US Army Signal Corps as an aircraft radio in the waning months of World War I. [2] Due to its many problems, primarily its inability to communicate with other radios, like its ground component the SCR-67 or the larger truck mounted SCR-108, over large distances, the SCR-68 quickly ...
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The Radio tractor was a mobile Signal Corps Radio used by the U.S. Army for ground communications before and during World War I. Prior to World War I, trucks were referred to as "tractors", and there were also telegraph tractors, and telephone tractors.
Radio was especially important during World War I as it was vital for air and naval operations. World War I brought about major developments in radio, superseding the Morse code of the wireless telegraph with the vocal communication of the wireless telephone, through advancements in vacuum tube technology and the introduction of the transceiver.
By 1917, World War I had put a stop to amateur radio. In the United States, Congress ordered all amateur radio operators to cease operation and even dismantle their equipment. [11] These restrictions were lifted after World War I ended, and the amateur radio service restarted on October 1, 1919.
This is a list of vehicles used by the U.S. Army Signal Corps from World War I through World War II. An empty Lance wagon, possibly the K-2 used to carry "Lance" poles for telephone/telegraph wire Designations
SCR-54 radio receiver. The SCR-54 was a tunable, portable crystal radio receiver used by the U. S. Army during World War I for fire control in conjunction with airplanes.
The term SCR was part of a nomenclature system developed for the U.S. Signal Corps, used at least as far back as World War I.Three-letter designators beginning with "SC" were used to denote complete systems, while one and two-letter designators (such as "BC", for basic component, "FT" for mounting, etc.) were used for components.