[Boatanchors] [Milsurplus] Hallicrafters and A-Bombs (Hello, NSA and HSA!)

[w8au at sssnet.com]

At 10:55 AM 3/30/2014, David Stinson wrote:
>A friend sent me this link of photos from the preparations to drop 
>Little Boy and Fatman.
>Fifth photo down shows a rack of equipment used to test
>Little Boy.  At the top is a Hallicrafters set.
>Wonder why?  Sure wish I had a hi-rez of this one,
>but I supposed it will be buried in some senseless
>"Top Secret" (Hello again, NSA!) archive until Judgment Day.

The Halli receiver is the S-27/S-36  VHF model   27 - 140 MHz
Must have been RF devices in LittleBoy that needed testing?

Perry   w8au