[Boatanchors] Man, That's One HEAVY Radio!

[Rob Atkinson]

Bob, I think you told me the story but one thing I can't remember:
Did they ship it in a crate?  I think that was the way they were
originally sent out.

Rob
K5UJ

On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net> wrote:
> I think I told Rob the story of my AR-88, but weight plays a part in it.
> It was back in the early days of the internet when a guy at a boys school in
> the UK offered an AR-88 for "free", provided the new owner arrange for
> pick-up or the cost of shipping.  I jumped right on it and got my wish -
> however the weight of the receiver resulted in equally hefty DHL charges
> back in those days when 20 bucks would send a typical radio cross-country.
> Still, I would have happily paid the same amount or more for an AR-88 had
> one turned up at a hamfest in the US (which almost never happens).    And
> since it came from England, I can fantasize that my AR-88 once saw service
> at Station X before ending up at the boys school.
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN