[Milsurplus] what the heck is this? WW2 Navy

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 26 Jun 2020 at 10:10, Nick England wrote:

> 
> Sam Stokes and Geoff Fors win the prize.
> They both identified it as an AN/FMQ-1 radiosonde receptor set.
> Thanks for all the replies.
> photo at
> http://www.club-des-collectionneurs.com/materiels_militaires_us/Sig3/P239.jpg
> Close-up of the R-17A/FMQ-1 receiver at
> https://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=287281

Makes sense. I should have recognized that "oven" at the bottom of the page for what it was: 
a chart recorder. I should have known since I used to fix those things...

Ken W7EKB