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How To build a radio in a POW camp -- the real life King Rat (zerobeat.net)
68 points by ivankirigin on July 4, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 11 comments



I 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.


That 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


See also: "Foxhole Radio" (with instructions):

http://bizarrelabs.com/foxhole.htm



This is a great story. Ham Radio is a place for prime hackers. I love the resourcefulness of the guy in the article.


Exactly by whom was he arrested and court martialed? Somehow it sounds as if it was by his own superior officers...


Given that he was in a Japanese POW camp it would probably be safe to assume that he was arrest and tried by the Japanese.


When he says "valve" does he mean diode?


Vacuum tube. (UK vs. US English)


No, triode.


This is one impressive hack.




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