Fw: [Boatanchors] know code / no code debate

[Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com]

James asked,

What was used to listen to the output?  Did you build your own 
speaker or headphone?

James,

Dad told me, that a telephone hand piece was most often used.
Telephone line wire was a popular antenna. Lucky was the day when you found 
the end of a downed line you could splice onto and set up a receiver.

The old wall box with a hand piece on a wire was popular. The "newer" modern 
hand set was also used. Lot of guys had head sets from radio sets. My dad had 
carried a gallium crystal with him from home across Africa, Sicily, Italy and 
France. It was his lucky rock from home and you just were not going to take it 
away from him. He had gotten a heads up and someone told him what to take 
with him.

Roger KC6TRU