[Milsurplus] mint or "veteran"?

[boeing377 at aol.com]

There is also a certain charm to restoring surplus radio gear which has seen real military service. I restored an ARN 7 ADF rcvr that had been through the SAAMA depot for rework and had most recently flown on a USAF C 47. According to the green UNSERVICEABLE? the radio was "beyond economical repair". It gave me?considerable pride to get it working again after being sent to its grave by the military.

I like to fantasize that my BC 348 flew on a B 17 over Berlin in WW 2 even though I haven't a shred of evidence that it did. If it were"mint", however, I could not induldge that fantasy. MY ARR 15 fantasy involves a sonobuoy dropping P2V7 Neptune pinpointing a Russian sub lurking inside US waters off of San Francisco in the 1950s. The exciting news is relayed back to NAS Moffett Field on an ART 13 and the acknowledgement is received on my ARR 15.

Is your military radio fantasy set in a?warehouse or in a combat zone?

I won't get Freudian here, but men always?covet "virgin." There is some merit in pursuing alternatives. 

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AF6IM