[Milsurplus] 1940s callsigns

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Sun, 5 May 2002 19:22:07 EDT


I have an HRO-5 that i believe came off a ship of the Libby & Libby
fish packing company that operated in  SE Alaska in the 1930s
and 40s. ( L&L  apparently even built some of their own ship 
receivers ).

I wonder if someone of you has callsign or station listings from the
WW2 and a few years after, era.
The 3.5-7.3 coil has these markings on the front:

WXFJ   "around"  3.6 and 6.4 Mcs. and also maybe 5207 kcs.

KFS           "       6.3

ALB? KLB ?        5960 kcs.

KBNU                 5995 kcs.

I was looking in a Berne List and found KBNU, and it sez something 
like "aeronautic ground mobile station" in Alaska, this for 1947.

I think there was also an Alaska listing for a WXF. Sometimes callsigns
were assigned in such a way, around a main call, that i'm wondering
if WXFJ was related to this listing. 

I only guess the L&L ownership of this radio because i bought it
with another HRO Jr. that had Alaska cannery stations listed on
its coil. This HRO-5 may have had some other role, like at some
kind of airfield station.
Would appreciate much, any kind of help.
Hue Miller