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

[William Donzelli]

> OK, now let's go back to 1939 - 1945.  Receivers, radio equipment in
> general, was in short supply.

I have to disagree. Even in the late 1930s, ships often had quite an 
array of electronics. By late war, electronics were everywhere on the ships.

>  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?

To give you an idea - BB59 has radios and radars in 20 or 25 "rooms". I 
think there are seven proper "Radio" rooms, plus scads of radar spaces. On a 
small ship, there may not be as many radio and radar rooms, but far more sonar 
rooms. 

William Donzelli
aw288@osfn.org