[Milsurplus] LO radiation vs observation

[William Donzelli]

> Ten miles could make a difference if you could establish that the 
> Kriegsmarine boats ever used this technique.

Whether or not the Kriegsmarine did this or not is completely unimportant.
What is important is if the Allies thought that maybe the Germans could
have done it.

> I still think the "radio receiver leakage" issue was grasping at straws to
> try to explain the grievous losses to US shipping in early 1942.

It very well could have been, and Scott certainly was playing along
(would you want to turn down all that patriotic business?).

I think it was a real concern, perhaps built on some shakey ground,
maybe a calculated formula with probablilities of intercepts vs. ship
sinkings, and that Scott did nothing to lessen the concern to boost
sales..

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org