[Milsurplus] ATF Radio(USFS radio equipment)

[Spike Dennis]

The early USFS did not wait for "more portable and affordable" of anything.
 
Beginning just after WW-I(yes, that's ww-1) they designed & built their own communications equipment & continually struggled to find manufactures to produce their designs(inter Radio Specialties & at least a half dozen sister companies). The equipment they had in use pre-WW-II was way ahead of anything any branch of the US military had. Indeed, the design of the first mine detector can be linked directly to the USFS as it was first used by them to detect objects in saw logs that might damage the saw mill. It wasn't until the early 1950's that technology & industry began to catch up with them. They also pioneered aircraft communication techniques for observation planes just after ww-1.
 
While I too have always had an affection for FS radios I have never limited myself to just the HF sets. I feel that they are all historically significant. Some might ask why such a debate on milsurplus reflector. Well, many of the pre-war FS radios found their way into military & para-military(theres that word again)service both in the US & around the world.

KB0SFP
Monitor(all USB): 
3996, 5403..5, 7296, 14342.5, 18157.5