[Milsurplus] Clandestine RBO receivers?

[Nick England]

Just to throw in more confusion, I found 1968 photos of the same ship and
it still has the RBO receivers, albeit refinished by the yard (gray panel)
and lacking the dial covers, but you can see the attachment for the
covers... Heck I dunno!
http://www.navy-radio.com/ships/ae22/ae24-radio-1968-01.jpg

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 4:14 PM Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
wrote:

> On 10 Jun 2021 at 18:33, howard holden wrote:
>
> >     The RBO aboard the USS Ling SS-297 also has those holes on bottom
> and the latch on top. No
> >     idea of why, no cover associated with them . Maybe to keep the dial
> from upsetting night
> >     vision?
>
> That's the reason **I** had thought of...
>
> I had thought of, and immediately dismissed, the "radiation" angle.
>
> The receivers of the period weren't sensitive enough to detect that
> miniscule amount of
> radiation. Besides, Scott had determined that the radiation levels were
> well under spec.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
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