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Sep 30, 2019 at 09:56
Remarkable history of building radios during the second world war in prisoner of war camps. Very few premade components and all schematics were from memory!
Hacking When It Counts: POW Canteen Radios
Hacking When It Counts: POW Canteen Radios
Of all the horrors visited upon a warrior, being captured by the enemy might count as the worst. With death in combat, the suffering is over, but with internment in a POW camp, untold agonies may a…

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