Coastwatcher Radio

[Tomokatu]

For anybody who wants a touch of period flavour, try your hand at setting up and using this simulation of the model of radio issued to the 400+ coastwatchers who provided intel on Japanese movements and strengths in the South West Pacific Area.

Go HERE http://ww2australia.gov.au/coastwatcher/ and click on the radio tab (arrowed) to start.

[doomtrader]

You have to study on MIT to use that kind of stuff.

[Tomokatu]

Hey, if the rum-swilling planters in New Guinea could learn to do it in between jumping all over the local black velvet, then I expect techno-savvy 21stC geeks and nerds like us to conquer it by breakfast time.

[doomtrader]

I assume there was no tutorial included

[Tomokatu]

Only the scroll down slider under the front panel
 
[:D]
 
Other than that, you may have to depend on your radio freaks who understand pre-transistor (thermionic valve) technology.
A bottle of rum may help, too.

[doomtrader]

With or without rum you have to use some force to maintain connection with this radio.

[Anonymous]

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[Tomokatu]

???
Connection to the site dropping out?  Can't help there - sympathy.

Or just the sim drifting off freak?  The old sets used to do that. Can't help there either, really [:D]

Try more rum.