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Mosquito Radios

Compared to modern communications gear, radio equipment in the early 1950s was complicated, bulky, and temperamental. In most cases, a "radio" was a set of several boxes, each performing a different function. Moreover, they relied on fragile glass vacuum tubes that could easily break. These radios required extensively trained personnel to operate and maintain them.

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