[ARC5] Tanks and Radios

[Robert Eleazer]

At the very first monthly TRW Swap Meet I ever attended, back circa 1982, the radio club was auctioning off various donated items.  Or trying to, anyway; for most items they held it up and there was naught but the sound of crickets.  I recall they gave away an SCR-283 receiver for free to some sub-teenager and I bought a WWII vintage TS-34 scope for $1.00

They held up a receiver from the SCR-608 or 628 sets.  Crickets.  Then from the back of the crowd came, "I'll buy it for $10.00!"

Everyone turned to look at the obvious nutjob.  He then said, "I'm trying to get as many as I can!  I collect tanks."

This produced a number of people saying that they might be able to part with their precious SCR-608 equipment for such a worthy cause  - for the right price, which was probably in the $5 range. 

He collects full sized, real, tanks.  Whenever I think of my radio hobby and wonder if I have gone too far, I think about that.

Wayne