[Milsurplus] Dayton day one (LM)

[Hue Miller]

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From: <jcoward5452 at aol.com>

> At the recent MRCG meet I was given( yes,given and pointedly so,as the 
> giver and I have this LM thing going on) two nice LM's,one with the 
> mount and both had the correct cal book.Within two minutes a fellow 
> offered me $10 for one (without the mount).The one I kept was a LM-18 
>  from Loral, a once competitor of a company I worked for,contract was 
> 1953.I was 1 yr old then.That LM is in far better shape than me!!
> 
> Jay KE6PPF

These things do have their attractions. Which is why some folk just 
can't resist getting yet another one. Altho i suspect some of the current demand
is from HB receiver builders, for the tuning capacitor and mechanism.
I myself am extremely, extemely pleased with the URM-32 i bought, altho the
size and weight of this BC-221 on steroids pretty well rules out getting a bunch
of them. -Hue Miller