[Milsurplus] WWII Radio Chatter??

[Hue Miller]

James (Jim) Barrows, W7BCT, (SK), of Everett, Washington, longtime
member of the Puget Sound Antique Radio Club, told me that during
the war years he worked for the FCC and later, FCC. The early part,
he was part of a team that drove on the Oregon - Washington coast
with radio receivers set up in a car, listening at times for signals from
Japanese submarines suppposedly threatening the coast. ( The
receiver was an SX-28 ). Later he worked in the FBIS recording 
propaganda broadcasts from Japan. These recordings were made
on disks. The disks were then sent east for analysis, including getting
POW names. Apparently at least some of the disks were saved. Why
no wire recorders or filmosound recorders, i don't know. And this was
a government agency, with enuff funds, you would think. The FCC / FBIS
at this time was also set up with the "secret" version of the SX-28, which
included a McLoughlin selectable sideband adaptor, all in a large metal
desk assembly. I would "guess" probably well under 100 of these sets
were produced.  -Hue Miller