[Milsurplus] The Scott Receivers

[Hubert Miller]

"The Old Timer's Bulletin" publication of the Antique Wireless Association, Nov. 1992 has this article, "The E. H. Scott Receivers of World War II",
pages 13 - 17. Says the "S" as in SLR-12 was actually for "Scott", as in "Scott Low Radiation".  Seems to say that Mr. Scott played up the U-boat
angle, while his chief engineer, Marvin Hobbs, understood that the problem for the ship entertainment and auxiliary receiver was potential for
interference with other shipboard receivers. Says yes, with the obsolete regen receivers onboard some ships at the onset of the war, there
could be U-boat DFing, and article includes a footnote reference to the National Archives. For the conclusion that engineer Hobbs was never
a proponent of the U-boat DF fear, article cites Hobb's 1985 memoir, "Scott, the Dean of DX", which does not mention the idea.

"...the contract for the SLRM receivers was cancelled toward the end of the war, leaving the company with a large number in stock. These units
were offered to the public in late 1945.
"Scott turned the SLRM into the 'Export model' in 1947....[ by apparently decreasing the anti-reradiation features and simplifying some other
circuit aspects and deleting the internal speaker ]
-Hue
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