[NJARC] disabled short wave

[john ruccolo]

Folks,

My father, whose parents came from Italy, told me that
many times the shortwave "snip" was done with a nod
and a wink, so to speak. The guy who disabled the
shortwave in my granfather's big Grunow console showed
him how to put it back. (Ohhh, how I wish I had that
radio now!) 

My Dad also told me that my grandfather used to get
fired up listening to Mussolini -- so, perhaps the SW
coils should have *stayed* snipped. ;-)

If you ever find a multiband set that you can get
working on AM but not on SW, this *may* be why.

JR

--- jonsradioglo at verizon.net wrote:

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>    During WWII,repairman(and woman) were told to
> disable the short-
>  wave bands on radios brought in for repair by
> people who immigrated
>  from Japan,Germany,Italy,etc.This was at a time the
> government
>  was concerned about "fifth collums" or spies from
> abroad using 
>  these radios to receive messages.Like Al,I have
> found everything
>  from missing coils to wires disconnected.
>    Jon Butz Fiscina
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