[Milsurplus] Clandestine RBO receivers?

[Nick England]

Aha - the early configuration of AE-24 showing the R-390A receivers for
RATT.
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/6927797/content/arcmedia/stillpix/019-nn/Batch-1533-1535/rg19nn-b1534-006-008_ac.jpg

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 5:51 PM Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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