Radio room

Radio room on the German research vessel Polarstern

This Funkschapp on board the German submarine U 124 in the war year 1941 was also the key room . The Enigma-M3 key machine in the bottom left of the picture .

Ham shack of a radio amateur

A radio room or radio cabin , especially on board a ship or submarine, also known as Funkschapp (from Low German Schapp for closet), colloquially also Funkbude ( English radio shack or in the case of a radio amateurs also: ham shack ), is a room for accommodation a radio station , which consists of one or more transmitters and / or receiver (s) or one (or more) transceivers ( transceivers ) is, if necessary, including the required ancillary equipment, such as power supplies or antenna matching units, and optionally other instruments, such as measuring instruments , and computer ( n).

history

The English name radio shack ( German  "shack" ) was at the beginning of the 20th century in the United States Navy used when the first ship stations in a cabin or a wooden crate, preferably in the field of bridge were established.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Glossary German Submarines 1933 - 1945 Accessed: November 3, 2015
2. ^ Ward Silver: Ham Radio For Dummies . Wiley Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7645-5987-7 , pp. 17 ( online [PDF]). Online ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.