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

boingboing.net » 2009 » July » 4th » HOWTO build a radio in a POW camp -- the real life King Rat

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This first-hand account of the construction of a clandestine shortwave radio by British POWs in a Japanese camp in Singapore really reminds me of James Clavell's magnificent novel King Rat, my all-time favorite war-novel, which revolves grippingly around the construction, discovery and consequences of a hidden shortwave in the Changi camp (both Clavell and Ronald "St Trinian's" Searle were … Continue Reading »

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