Sixth Army Group

[Germanbilly1]

What was the main frequency and type used by the Germans FM, AM LW, SW,etc in there Panzers?
GB

[Leatherneck]

GB,

While this isn't my area of expertise, maybe this will help: According to the U.S. War Dept Handbook on German Military Forces (as reprinted by Louisiana State University), The FU 5 radio set was the standard set on German tanks. It has a 10 watt transmitter, and an Ultra Short Wave receiver. The Frequency range is 27200-33300 kilocycles, The aerial (antenna) is 2 meters, with stationary ranges of 10 km for keyed signals and 8 km for voice signals, and a moving range of 8 km for keyed signals and 6 km for voice.

The chapter on comm has tons of detailed info that is in comm terms of the 1940's. Back then transceivers where still somewhat of a novelty, so it isn't all that user friendly to a layman. If you are very familiar with what makes radios work, it's probably worth reading the whole chapter in detail.

[Germanbilly1]

I taught electronics in 4-H for four years and had my HAM lience at 17. Also taught electonics on the F-15 fo several years. I have been looking up the radios of the years of the war and they are quite different. Will do some more research. Thanks for the site Leatherneck.
GB

[Leatherneck]

Don't mention it. With your background, you would probably find the information very interesting. It breaks things down further into radio set components, and then gives the specs by component. Unfortunately, my user level comm training in the military didn't go into a level of detail that lets me truly appreciate what they are talking about.

I bought the book at Borders a couple of years ago, along with the Japanese Forces Handbook. They cover a lot of stuff - from doctrinal unit organization, to uniforms, infantry, artillery, and armored weapons systems, comm, logistics, etc. Amazon sells both of them, too.

[Sixty Driver]

Just to expand a little more; there really was no "standard" radio setup. It depended on the vehicle, year and of course some vehicles were "command" versions with additonal radio's some of which included radio's that transmitted and received on Luftwaffe frequencies. That being said, "typical" radio setups for tanks was the Fu 5 or Fu 16 which was the pairing of a transmitter and reciever. The Fu 5 included the 10 W.S.c transmitter (27-33 MHz) and the Ukw.E.e receiver (27-33 MHz). The Fu 16 included the 10 W.S.h transmitter (23-25 MHz) and the Ukw.E.h receiver (23.1 - 24.9 MHz). In additon, some vehicles were also solely or additonally equipped with the Fu 2 which was the Ukw.E.e receiver (27.2-47.8 Mhz).

For whatever reason certain combinations of radio constitued a "Fu" number. The "Fu" number is therefore not a radio "type" by rather a nomenclature for a radio "system". The radio's the were used to makeup the "Fu" had their own nomenclature ie Ukw.E.h etc.

If you have a specific vehicle in mind, I can dredge out the exact radio setup it should have.