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Originally Posted by Bruce MacMillan
Interesting as I've never heard of this organization. I've known of the War Emergency Radio Service that permitted hams to use vhf/uhf sets in support of local authorities. Reading the editor's comments on the last edition it sounded a bit like sour grapes. He wasn't receiving advertizer income that he hoped for. His statement " This magazine is a propaganda organ, designed to influence the capable men of amateur radio to join A.R.D.A." probably didn't help.
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Hi Bruce
My ham friend in San Francisco has informed me he has original copies of these magazines, not surprising as the mag. was published there. Yes , during WW2 U.S. hams were allowed to use VHF sets ( 118 MHz) to communicate with Government departments including the military, mostly the navy .
The magazine may have had veiled links to a certain San Francisco based radio company called TECRAD . This company were manufacturing amenities receivers and two way radios for the US Government and civilians.
In olden times , I believe the word
propaganda was used in a different context to how we use it today. I found this:
In English, propaganda was originally a neutral term for the dissemination of information in favor of any given cause.