[Milsurplus] navy a-1 receiver usn burau of ships type us/A1 sampson united corp

Mon, 26 May 2003 20:37:53 -0500

If you look through it and "charge" it, 
it sounds like a radiation dosemeter.
Do you have a photo?

ed sharpe wrote:
> 
> I do not think it is an attachment... it has a rubber eye cup you look
> though,  the case has instructions for  'charging' the unit  there is a 2
> prong connector on the back of it with a cover plug in top cover it when it
> is not  'charging' I imagine.
> 
> when you look through it you can see an image but it is red...   the inside
> of the case also warns you about exposing it  to sunlight.
> 
>  I hit googole really hard today trying to find something on it, but alas
> came up blank.
> 
> on the earthphone it would be interesting to read that account! please let
> us know what  book it was from!
> 
> thanks again  ed!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hue Miller" <[email protected]>
> To: "ed sharpe" <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 10:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] navy a-1 receiver usn burau of ships type us/A1
> sampson united corp
> 
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "ed sharpe" <[email protected]>
> >
> > Subject: [Milsurplus] navy a-1 receiver usn burau of ships type us/A1
> sampson united corp
> >
> >
> > what is a /....
> >
> > navy a-1 receiver usn burau of ships type us/A1 sampson united corp
> >
> > looks like a night vision  monocular or????
> >
> > -That's not a light-signalling attachment for binoculars, is it?
> >
> > Re the Earthphone, apparently Germany extensively used
> > this idea in WWI. I have some book around here, by
> > a US WWI veteran, of some unit that intercepted such
> > "wireless" communications.
> > Hue
> >
> >
> 
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