[ARC5] Can you say...

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

In my own case, I was especially intrigued by military gear because of the very high quality 
components most of them were fitted with.

In addition, I thoroughly enjoy the historical connection to all of it.

To me, the top quality mil gear beats any commerical gear all hollow.

My first mil gear, a BC-348 with BC-946B "Q-5er" was a real pleasure for me to operate. It 
just sat there and did its job. I no longer had to fight with my receiver, nor compensate for its 
faults. I just USED it.

The RAL-7 I followed that with simply confirmed my experiences with mil gear. It simply sat 
there and WORKED. Reliably, without fuss, always. I could "hear" anything on the RAL-7 that 
I could hear with much later rigs.

In fact, I never turned the RAL-7 off once in 8 years. Then turned it off to check its tubes, 
found nothing out of order, so I turned it back on and left it for another 4 years.

Ken W7EKB

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