FuG 10 Luftwaffe radio transceiver by Lorenz

The FuG 10 radio system was a landmark development in German airborne communications. Dieter Beikirch presents the FuG 10 family of compact transceivers, designed by C. Lorenz AG of Berlin for radio transmissions and wireless telegraphy (or Morse code) communications. This video was recorded at one of Europe's finest private collections of German avionics equipment, covering the early days of military radio communication to the end of the vacuum tube era.

The standard FuG 10 rack comprised two transmitters and two receivers:
One transmitter and receiver pair operated on Longwave: 300 to 600 kHz (1,000 to 500 m) range and the other transmitter and receiver operating in the Shortwave range: 3 to 6 MHz (100 to 50 m).
Most of the FuG 10 series transceivers used a fixed wire aerial between the fuselage and tailfin or a retractable trailing aerial wire. Manufactured by Lorenz, the typical transmitting power of the FuG 10 was 70 watts.

00:00 Introduction
00:11 The FuG 10 or X system
00:43 Deep modular design philosophy
01:21 New P2000 valves used in every stage of the receiver
05:30 The antennas
06:22 Powering up
10:25 Morse key
10:41 This surprises most visitors
13:03 Tuning and matching antennas
13:55 Setting inductance for SW and LW
14:23 Remote control
14:51 Powering the system
15:10 This was FuG 10

Presented by Dieter Beikirch

Additional narration: Robert J Dalby

Additional photography: Helge Fykse

Video produced by Astronomy and Nature TV