Re: [IRCA] Just another day?

["willis" <k4ape@xxxxxxxx>]

Bruce-
It is well know that the Jap pilots also used KGMB to find Oahu. In fact the
Japs flown by the B-17's but B-17's could nothing about it as all the guns
had been removed from the plans so as to carry more fuel to make the hop to
Hawaii.

Photo's in the navy archives show this.

Willis

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Portzer" <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 12:04 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Just another day?


> From what I've been told, back before WW2 the US government would pay
> KGMB to stay on all night whenever military planes were expected to
> arrive from the mainland.  That way, the aircraft crews could use their
> direction finding equipment to home in on Oahu, and not fly past the
> island.
>
> On the night of December 6-7, 1941, a fleet of B-17s was being ferried
> across the Pacific to the Philippines and was scheduled to make a
> refueling stop at Pearl Harbor, so KGMB was on all night.  Judging from
> what happened, I'd say the B-17s weren't the only aircraft DFing on KGMB.
>
> Bruce
>
> Mike McKenna wrote:
> > December 7,  1941. --- Honolulu, Hawaii.  ----  Very early Sunday
morning.  ----  KGU  750 Khz -- operating with 2,500 watts and sharing time
with co-channel station WJR.  KGU is then owned by the  Advertiser
Publishing Company, Ltd.  and a NBC carrier.   The only other broadcast
station in Honolulu is KGMB on 1320 khz with 1,000 watts fulltime with a 330
foot Bethleham tower located on Kapiolani Blvd using all RCA equipment.
KGMB carrys both CBS and MBS programming and is owned by the Hawaiian
Broadcasting System, Ltd.  KGMB was granted a CP: to move to 590 Khz and
increase power to  5 KW -- but still remains on the 1320 channel.  Just
these two broadcast stations in Honolulu.   The owners of KGMB also operate
KHBC on 1200 khz with 250 watts fulltime from Hilo, using a 178 foot
wer.   --   Station KTOH is still just a construction permit on 1500 Khz at
Lihue, Hawaii with 250 watts days and 100 watts nights and will use a 150
foot tall Lehigh tower.   Just an early
> >  Sunday morning.   MTM
> >
> >
>
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