I think I bought my first milrad, a CPRC-26, from FR after I read an article on them in 73 mag in the mid-80s. IIRC, I paid $10 for it. Sigh.<div><br></div><div>73 de</div><div>Gene Smar AD3F&nbsp;</div><div><br><br><div id="ymail_android_signature">Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop</div> <br> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;"> <div style="font-family:Roboto, sans-serif; color:#6D00F6;"> <div>On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 9:32 PM, releazer@earthlink.net</div><div>&lt;releazer@earthlink.net&gt; wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding: 10px 0 0 20px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border-left: 1px solid #6D00F6;"> <div dir="ltr">The Fair Radio Catalogs were an educational tool in their own right.&nbsp; I got my first one, in 1973, in order to look for some of the radios mentioned in reprints of the P-51D and P-47D pilot's manuals. That catalog listed a fascinating set called the APX-6, referencing articles in something called "QST."&nbsp; Our college main library had QST issues going back to the 1920's.&nbsp; And what came after that is now history.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Anyway, I have Fair catalogs going back to 1973.&nbsp; And what made me wish for a time machine were those 1947 ads in QST, such as a complete brand new SCR-274-N installation for $39.95 from some place called Radio Shack.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Wayne<br></div><div dir="ltr">WB5WSV&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br></div><div dir="ltr">______________________________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">ARC5 mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr">Home: <a href="http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5" target="_blank">http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Help: <a href="http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm" target="_blank">http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Post: mailto:ARC5@mailman.qth.net<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This list hosted by: <a href="http://www.qsl.net" target="_blank">http://www.qsl.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Please help support this email list: <a href="https://www.qsl.net/donate.html" target="_blank">https://www.qsl.net/donate.html</a><br></div> </div> </blockquote></div>