[Milsurplus] BC-221 with noisy tuning

[John Hutchins]

WWV in opeation since 1922;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWV_%28radio_station%29
At the end of 1922, WWV's purpose shifted to broadcasting standard 
frequency signals....
So It may have been used in WWII.... as a reference?
Hutch

On 6/11/2013 4:30 AM, C.Whitaker wrote:
> de WB2CPN
> WWV was there when I went into USAF communications
> in early 1946.   I don't know when JJY came along
> Trivia, but when I aligned the BC-221 I had it out of the box,
> a towel wrapped snugly around it, and a long handled
> screwdriver.   I don't know if it was a common thing, but the
> radio position in the C-47 we played with had a space for it.
> Navy had a rack-sized generator in 1948 I used a few times.
> Clete
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> On 6/10/2013 4:41 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>> I wonder whether there were on-air frequency standards, like WWV, during
>> WWII?  Anybody know off-hand?
>>
>> -John
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