[Milsurplus] M-209A in its natural habitat

Mike Andrews W5EGO mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Thu Jul 10 07:41:47 EDT 2008


On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 06:24:02AM -0400, Rob Flory wrote:
> see:
> 
> http://www.realmilitaryflix.com/public/695.cfm

Drool! 

I got to play with a friend's M-209 a lot, some years back. Maybe it 
was worn, but if I had cycled it as fast as that crypto guy was doing,
it would have jammed up sure as H*ll. Neat, if weak, cipher machine. 

Thanks, Rob!

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
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