Want to add military "chatter"

BILLR3408 · Post by **BILLR3408** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:33 pm

I have mounted nonfunctioning radios in my M-38. Now I'd like to add something that I can play military chatter through my speakers to give the impression the radios are working and reciving military chatter. "Cheesey" maybe, but I think it willl add a lot when folks are looking at the jeep at a show. Anyone have any ideas as to how I can make this happen? My main hang-up is coming up with recorded military chatter. I can rig up a player mounted out of sight inside the tool box. Please help.
Thanks,
Billr3408

gorzel · Post by **gorzel** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:27 pm

I would try putting an MP3 player in there that way it is small enough to hide almost anywhere and easy to take out. and you could set it up to loop the recordings. As for the millitary chatter may be you can capture some from an old news real or something like Baa Baa Black Sheep movies or even an old sound effects record

OKCM38CDN · Post by **OKCM38CDN** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:32 pm

I pulled this from the "G503" Living History / Reenacting Knowledge Base...

http://www.joeri.net/radiofiles/

Also another thread:

http://www.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=64482

Hope this helps...

TonyMorreale · Post by **TonyMorreale** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:08 pm

I would go mp3 player. As mentioned earlier it can be hidden almost anywhere.

If you want to take it one step further...hide it inside your radio unit. Get an adapter for the player's headphone out from Radio Shack or similar store and use the headphone jack in the radio and allow people to listen through military headphones. It doesn't create an environment around the jeep, but it would sound and appear to be coming through the radio and directly to the listener. Just a thought...

If you cannot find suitable chatter on the web, I'd look to movie soundtracks (be on the lookout for the copyright police here).

Also, you and some friends can always make up radio chatter by recording walkie talkie conversations that you create and putting it on an mp3 player or similar player. Using walkies made for kids you can probably avoid the "beep" that comes with the Motorola Talkabout type of units (of course the "beeps" can always be edited out with ProTools or a similar audio editing program). You could script out all sorts of scenarios...scouting/patrol, garrison, combat, convoy, etc. and have them "loop" so they repeat as frequently as you would like. Might be fun to try...

BILLR3408 · Post by **BILLR3408** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:13 am

Thank you all for the help. I was able to download several recordings of military chatter and play them into my military speaker from an MP3 player. For about $35 (the cost of a cheap MP3 player) I've addded a real cool element to the jeep!

Bill Riley
Cuba, IL.

Sgt 1st Class
U.S. Army 1970-72

1950 M-38