In the 40's everyone was selling Mil surplus, look at the Radio Shack ads. Heath used Mil surplus parts in many of their early radios. Jim > interesting look at what Heath was selling at the time: milsurplus! > > http://home.att.net/~btuttleman1/1948radiocraftp01.jpg > http://home.att.net/~btuttleman1/1948radiocraftp02.jpg