[ARC5] Sahara

[wa5cab at cs.com]

Yes.

There is nothing unusual about collecting armor.  Like collecting aircraft, it's just expensive.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
To: arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sat, Aug 5, 2017 5:09 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Sahara



So, the SCR-508/528/608/628 was in use fairlyearly in the war and well could have been in North Africa in1942.  
 
Back in the early 1980's at the famousTRW Swap Meet near LAX I was present at an auction of items that hadbeen donated to the TRW Radio Club.  They held up one of the508/608 types receivers and asked for a bid.  The response from thecrowd was that you could hear crickets chirping. Then a man stepped forward andoffered $5 for it.  Everyone turned to look at the obvious nutcase, whoexplained that he was buying all he could find, to install in his tankcollection.  He was besieged with offers from the crowd to sell more of theradios.
 
He collects tanks.  When I think of that Ifeel like us radio guys are not so crazy.  In fact, no more than 20 milesfrom where I sit the owner of Knight Armament has a large collection ofarmored combat vehicles. Maybe he is the same guy.

Wayne
WB5WSV    


	
        
		
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