How To build a radio in a POW camp -- the real life King Rat

[ivankirigin]

http://www.zerobeat.net/qrp/powradio.html

[anigbrowl]

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.

[mark_h]

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

[profquail]

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

http://bizarrelabs.com/foxhole.htm

[Retric]

More direct link:

http://www.zerobeat.net/qrp/powradio.html

[wglb]

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

[radu_floricica]

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

[almost → radu_floricica]

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.

[ars]

When he says "valve" does he mean diode?

[jrockway → ars]

Vacuum tube. (UK vs. US English)

[kragen → ars]

No, triode.

[sown]

This is one impressive hack.