[Milsurplus] USN civilian rec's for aircraft watch

[Hue Miller]

A friend was telling me about how he read
that SX-28 receivers were used in aircraft
net monitoring on aircraft carriers, and
wondering why this receiver was chosen.
I do not know the answer to that, but I 
found this interesting mention in Navships
900,000.1 SERVICE NOTES: 

"The Bureau is in receipt of numerous
complaints from the fleet which express
dissatisfaction with the RBH radio
receiving equipment because of the 
multiplicity of controls on the panels of
these receivers makes them ill suited
for their intended purpose. This
equipment has been alloted to the fleet
for monitoring aircraft circuits, and was
intended for installation at the conning
station to be used for aircraft covering
watch.
A series of midifications are listed below
which if accomplished, will simplify the
control panel and make it possible to 
use the regulator [error in original text]
conning station personnel as operators:"

End quote. Step 1 has you set phasing
to OFF and selectivity to BROAD and
then remove knobs. 2. has the BFO
and MVC disabled. 3. has RF gain
control knob removed and a shaft lock
installed. This is set for an "acceptable
noise level with the audio turned way
up. 
However the next article presents 
a "carrier controlled noise suppressor",
in effect, squelch, by removing the S-meter's
controls. 
So- an actual Official Military Hack-Job
conversion! 
Maybe this gives a clue why the SX-28
was used: maybe it was thought to be
more civilian like, at least in presentation;
not as overwhelming maybe, in comparison
to  standard Navy equipment such as 
the RBB-RBC pair, and simpler to operate
for the non radio-rated personnel. More
compact, anyway. 

Question: when the text says, "intended
for installation at the conning station to be
used for aircraft covering circuit watch".

Does this mean "station" as in "particular
location" in the (one) conn, or does it mean
in a different conn? But there's only one 
conn, right? -Hue Miller