Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-12-15 | Page 10 | Engineers Put Radio in Jeep

w a r rL j I S 4 k L M 3 j S Se e l t t l. l 0 J. J 1 1 r Jl J Jeep to fo Control Tower Jeep fo t Control Contra Tower Testing Over Radio Engineer Franklin R. R Smith left seems to be saying as he and his is fellow engineer John Rugar test the radio which they adapted and installed in a jeep for use in maintaining communication between the H Hill ill field control tower and rescue crews Engineers Put Radio in Jeep OGDEN AIR SERVICE COMMAND COMMAND COMMAND COM COM- MAND Hill Field Davis County- County Direct communication between the control tower at this field and rescue rescue rescue res res- res- res cue parties working at the scene of plane crashes practically was assured Wednesday when the Ingenuity ingenuity ingenuity In in- of two Salt Lake City men installed a radio transmitter and receiver in a jeep The unit not unlike the combination combination combination combi combi- nation transmitters and receivers installed in police cars was designed designed designed de de- de- de signed by John Rugar Canyon Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon road and built and installed by Franklin R R. Smith Third avenue Both men are radio engineers engineers engineers en en- employed in the radio repair repair repair re re- re- re pair department at this field Tests demonstrated that it will now be possible to maintain direct communication between the control control control con con- tower and parties working at plane crashes in Ina inaccessible c c e oS sib I e places The set has a range of more than 30 miles The trans I receiver replaces a portable unit similar to a walkie talkie