[Milsurplus] Mystery Radio

[Jim Whartenby]

Hearing aids used subminiature tubes back in the day.
Logic: Method used to arrive at the wrong conclusion, with confidence.  Murphy 

    On Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 07:49:14 AM CST, Brenda Gentry via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:   

  
If the rig is some sort of WW2 spy radio, would it have had sub-mini tubes in it?  Were the tubes used in other gear of that day besides the proximity fuse? With regards to reconnaissance, how often did troops use telephones and reels of wire in Europe? I think it was fairly common in the Pacific war. 
 
 
    B. Gentry, KA2IVY
 
 On 11/30/25 12:17 AM, Hubert Miller wrote:
  
 
Al, years ago, i read in some book about American troops who encountered agent who was detailed to infiltrate German lines. I believe the text vaguely described a portable radio of the same form factor as what you picture, that is, "long and narrow". It sounded like a suicide mission to me; i mean, what are German soldiers in the forest around Bastogne going to think about a "lost civilian" out in the woods, with no good explanation, and they're not going to search him ? As i recall, the American soldiers also considered the agent a real hero, too. The radio mentioned was to be worn next to the body under the outer coat. I recall seeing also in an elder Radio News a photo of a set i thought was this described radio. I am confident i still have both these documents  but - - i am not very organized, and don't have a clue at present of title or date or exact whereabouts. If and when i do rediscover, i will post here. If this set is yours, i would certainly keep it until i learned definitivley more. -Hue Miller 
  
  
   Sent from my Galaxy  
  
  
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