[ARC5] Ham Radio Intercept of military Comminciations

[Jim Haynes]

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010, Robert  Eleazer wrote:
>
> As for other ham intercepts, remember that SW listening was discouraged 
>in WWII and many of the better quality commercial SW receivers were taken
>by the government for its own use.  Considering that the air over the USA
>was alive with many thousands of aircraft, and the associated radio
>communications must have been quite extensive, I find it remarkable that 
>I have never heard anyone recall listening to that comm at their home.

I don't know anything about SW listening being discouraged, but this was
a period of time when many home radios, console and table model, were
equipped to receive shortwave broadcasting.  But maybe network broadcast
radio was so good then that few people were interested in shortwave 
listening.