[ARC5] Sahara

[Richard Knoppow]

    As bad as collecting steam locomotives.

On 8/5/2017 3:09 PM, Robert  Eleazer wrote:
> So, the SCR-508/528/608/628 was in use fairly early in the war and well 
> could have been in North Africa in 1942.
> Back in the early 1980's at the famous TRW Swap Meet near LAX I was 
> present at an auction of items that had been donated to the TRW Radio 
> Club.  They held up one of the 508/608 types receivers and asked for a 
> bid.  The response from the crowd was that you could hear crickets 
> chirping. Then a man stepped forward and offered $5 for it.  Everyone 
> turned to look at the obvious nutcase, who explained that he was buying 
> all he could find, to install in his tank collection.  He was besieged 
> with offers from the crowd to sell more of the radios.
> He collects tanks.  When I think of that I feel like us radio guys are 
> not so crazy.  In fact, no more than 20 miles from where I sit the owner 
> of Knight Armament has a large collection of armored combat 
> vehicles. Maybe he is the same guy.
> 
> Wayne
> WB5WSV
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Richard Knoppow
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