[ARC5] Ham Radio Intercept of military Comminciations

[Henry Mei'l's]

My first home entertainment type SW receiver was a prewar model my father 
salvaged for me. It  was a chassis without cabinet, may have been a 
Zenith -- had a circular yellow/tan-colored dial. I lived in NYC then, and 
could hear Australia almost daily as well as many other overseas 
broadcasts - but the set was defective with some kind of warbling 
signal-blocking overload. I was only about 10-11 then, and didn't know much 
about fixing radios. I used the set to qualify for a Boy's Life Short Wave 
Listeners diploma. (I have the diploma qualifying form somewhere and I think 
it includes the radio model -- I know it contains a log of the stations I 
heard.)
The set certainly was neither sensitive nor selective, but I was still 
fascinated with the stations I could hear - including AM ham stations and CW 
"piff-puff puff" (no bfo,of course).

Henry, OZ1UF-OU5T / N2NR
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