[Hammarlund] RBG-2

[Comarow, Avery]

> I have an opportunity to purchase one of these critters, basically an
> HQ-120 beefed up for the Navy with potted transformers and such, for
> $200. The owner is a widow who says her husband got it more than 20
> years ago for their Navy Jeep but died not long after, so it's been
> sitting unused for that long. She has no idea whether it works, and if
> I go look at it I'm not about to plug it in considering its age and
> long idleness.
> 
> I'm moderately interested because it's an interesting fill-in between
> the 120 and 129X. But I gather that the bandspread bands are the
> then-marine frequencies, not amateur, and I'm not looking for another
> restoration project.
> 
> Any reaction to the $200 price? She says it's firm, because the radio
> is a "collector's item." Maybe so. You tell me.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Avery W3AVE
> Potomac, Md.
> 
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