[Milsurplus] is that an oscillator I hear whining?!

[aGEnuine ham]

On Wed, 04 Dec 2002 15:09:40 -0500 "Richard Brunner" <rbrunner@gis.net>
writes:

<snip> 
> Our navy did indeed insist on very low receiver radiation levels, 
> but I think it was 
> mostly for electromagnetic compatibility.  With many receivers 
> running on a ship, 
> you can't have them listening to each other's local oscillators.  

> Tsch��/Cheers
> Richard Brunner, AA1P


OK, now let's go back to 1939 - 1945.  Receivers, radio equipment in
general, was in short supply.  How many receivers were actually installed
on, say, a destroyer or cruiser, or battleship, for that matter.  It is
an entirely different matter in this day and age, but back in the days of
"Sparks" and the "Radio Room", were there actually receivers elsewhere on
the ship?    For whom?  I guess landing craft had several different
radios to communicate with the troops, in addition to Navy channels, but 
Radio Shack photos seem to show 1 and maybe a spare for each "band" LW,
HF, and later VHF air, which I guess was very later.

George
W5VPQ

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