Re: What's this radio?
WS38 might meet the requirement and was likely available as surplus. Otherwise "dodgy" walkie talkies could have been illicit 27MHz CB sets.
Of course "trying to get radio Luxembourg" may just have been a plausible excuse for tuning round for anything interesting. The article referenced refers to the police getting antsy about the guy listening to unlicensed transmissions.
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