[geeks] While on the subject of weirdness

[Francois Dion]

On 8/8/05, wa2egp at att.net <wa2egp at att.net> wrote:
> During WWII, GIs used to
> make foxhole radios out of razor blades and scrounged parts.

Thanks for that pointer, I just saw this:
"According to an article in Popular Mechanics of October, 1944, the
blued steel surface of the blade gives the rectifying action needed
for detection without crystals."

from:
http://members.aol.com/djadamson7/articles/foxhole.html

And I might even have that issue of PM. Another source of info would
probably be QST. Their back issues are available:
http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=QSTV#QSTV

$400 tough for the whole set...


Francois