[Milsurplus] MAB

[Tom Norris]

I had a couple that I played with 20+ years
ago, but never made any contacts. I'd love
to try again, but looking around find that you
can't get a MAB for $15 any more!! Last one
I saw at Epay went for nearly $300 a few
months ago and was touted as a "rare collectable"
that was "used at D-Day by paratroopers." The
darned thing didn't have the whip antenna!
Best guess is the new collectors had not seen
them before.

What was the plastic cased version's name,
versus the wood cased MAB (or *is* the
MAB the plastic case, and I can't think of
the name of the wood cased version?)

There used to be piles of both at Fair Radio
until just a few years ago, they couldn't give them
away....

Tom NU4G


>Hi Group....I have a MAB unit that I crystalled for
>3.885mhz. Has anybody ever used one? a few years ago I
>heard a couple of guys talking on 3.885 am and I
>walked out into the back yard and was able to break in
>on the fellow in Tenn. while I am in WV. They were not
>able to hear what I was saying but I was very proud
>that they heard me at all....not bad for a couple
>hundred milliwatts into a pack mounted
>vertical.....anybody else every try one? Thanks...mike...wa8ywo...
>
>=====
>michael tyler  ......wa8ywo....Richwood,WV