[Milsurplus] "Receiver Radiation, Oh No! "

[Hue Miller]

If you look in National Geographics from 1942, you will E H Scott ads touting

their new "Low Radiation Receivers". Keep in mind their was a lot of fear, almost

paranoia, about so called saboteurs, spies, and electronic radiation.  Technical

Radio Company of SF-CA also built an overbuilt, overpriced morale type reciever

for the military. This was at a time when electric razors were banned on ships lest

submarines somehow track the ships by hearing them. At the same time US 

manufacturers' radios were being carefully vetted according to FCC specifications,

the German U-boats happily sailed with a standard 6-tube entertainment morale

radio which was a rebadged commercial portable and car radio, and English

freighters sailded with newly manufactured 1-V-2 regen receivers ( RF, det, 

2 audio ). I have such an example, built by International Radio Company. Apparently,

the UK authorities weren't too much bothered by the concept of "receiver

radiation."  -Hue Miller