[Milsurplus] [MRCG] Scott receiver ID needed?

[Al Klase]

Yes, there were a lot of similar receivers on Navy ship for 
entertainment purposes.

FWIW, the list of authorized low-radiation receiver starts on page 47 
HERE <http://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/cemb/cemb_gen.pdf>.

Al

On 8/9/2020 12:42 AM, Dave Kirk via Milsurplus wrote:
> I maybe wrong, but I think there's one of those receivers in the movie 
> Greyhound sitting on a shelf behind the captain eating breakfast early 
> on in the movie. Its hard to tell because you can only see the bottom 
> half of the receiver.
>
> Dave
> W6MQI
>
> On Thursday, August 6, 2020, 06:59:04 PM PDT, Bart Lee 
> <kv6lee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> It looks to me like a Scott SLR-M = Special Low Radiation, encased in
> copper, a great radio. SLR to keep enemy subs for detecting the BFO --
> maybe...
>
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> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 2:22 PM Verne Anderson via MRCG 
> <mrcg at mailman.qth.net <mailto:mrcg at mailman.qth.net>>
> wrote:
>
> > Help needed to identify the Scott receiver next to President Harry
> > Truman’s desk 1945.  Was this a common receiver used on a Navy Cruiser
> > during WWII for VIP State Rooms?  Was Truman heading home from 
> Europe?  See
> > caption under picture.
> >
> > Verne
> > W6LPM
> >
> >
> >
> >                                President Harry S. Truman, with a 
> radio at
> > hand, reads reports of the first atomic bomb raid on Japan while en 
> route
> > home aboard a cruiser.
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