OT: The purpose of U-boat aerial rigging?

mookiemookie · 01-10-07, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by melnibonian

Case closed then

Maybe not. You can clearly see the pulley and winch system they used, but it doesn't look like the rigging is a part of it:

danurve · 01-10-07, 03:52 PM

The look on that crewmans face say's it all..

"This one better not be a dud."

johnno74 · 01-10-07, 04:01 PM

This page has some info: http://www.uboatwar.net/equipment.htm

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The jumper wires that are such a distinctive part of most Second World War U-boats were in fact short-wave radio antennae (3-30MHz). Stretching both fore and aft of the conning tower, the forward portion was used to transmit while the stern twin wires were for reception. The antennae were connected to the radio within the U-boat by a thin insulated wire entering the conning tower facade. Coupled with their primary use was also the value of using the jumper wires as a means of attaching life lines for crew working on deck in bad weather.

Herr Russ · 01-10-07, 04:15 PM

Yep, radio antenna... We still use them on almost every US Navy ship. The blocks seen are actually insulators and they use the hull as a ground plane.. we call them "Fan Wires"

mookiemookie · 01-10-07, 04:20 PM

Ah ha! I THOUGHT they were antennas but was thrown off by the fact that they had an antenna on the side of the conning tower as well.

Now I can sleep at night.

Thanks for everyone's input on this.

AVGWarhawk · 01-10-07, 04:42 PM

I'll buy that. Notice some thin wires hooked to the larger cables. Now case closed. You have to admit the torpedo loading demonstration is cool. Makes it look easy but I bet it was no party.

01-10-07, 03:52 PM	#2
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	The look on that crewmans face say's it all.. "This one better not be a dud." __________________

01-10-07, 04:20 PM	#5
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Ah ha! I THOUGHT they were antennas but was thrown off by the fact that they had an antenna on the side of the conning tower as well. Now I can sleep at night. Thanks for everyone's input on this. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

01-10-07, 04:42 PM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,274 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I'll buy that. Notice some thin wires hooked to the larger cables. Now case closed. You have to admit the torpedo loading demonstration is cool. Makes it look easy but I bet it was no party. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-10-07, 04:15 PM	#4
Herr Russ Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA. Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yep, radio antenna... We still use them on almost every US Navy ship. The blocks seen are actually insulators and they use the hull as a ground plane.. we call them "Fan Wires"