[The WS No19] Re: [Milsurplus] Re: British Army Radio During WWII

[Hue Miller]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor@quik.com>

> Hue Miller wrote:
> 
> > Ah, but whose eyes would not light up with delight, on
> > viewing such a beautiful chocolate toy as the BC-1306?
> > Top that!
> 
> Toy is right. It looks like a GI Joe prop.

Which one survived paradrops, carried by 1 G.I.?
The 1306, or the 19, or 22?
> 
> > Or the "set-ness" and wonderful technical look of the
> > BC-654?
> 
> Not enough dials.

More like,  just enuff of the right ones.
> 
> > Or the no-nonsense serious  robustness of the
> > SCR-506 ( BC-652/ 653)?
> 
> A WS 19 dipped in OD paint with dials removed.

And would survive physical assaults that would crumple
a 19.

> > The exquisite layout and
> > beautifully formed cover and dials of the BC-1000 ?
> 
> Nice.....    for a middle-eastrern taxi cab.

Yes, and for the countries that copied it, or bought it.
Can you think of one?
Hue :-)