[Milsurplus] Telefunken GRC-9

[Hue Miller]

John, AA7W, sent me this item about a Telefunken GRC-9.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRC-9-TELEFUNKEN-T-17-microphone-GRC9-Korea-war-transceiver-W-O-R-K-I-N-G-/161166456323

Item number:    161166456323

Items that I find interesting:

“BAND” instead of “BEREICH” for the waveband switch.
Also, receiver label reads “RECEIVER PART OF GRC-9”, which I find a little odd for an otherwise German labeled equipment.
I wasn’t able to see the year.
Also, the microphone jack is fully spelled out instead of the oddly colloquial “MIKE” on the US equipment. 

Interesting and astonishing to me, industry ignorant, how modern manufacturing processes enable a manufacturer in another
country, accustomed to different component configurations ( and I’m thinking now of the large power connectors) to produce
a completely identical equipment.

I was still trying to decide whether to dispose of my GRC-9 and took one to work to set on a desk where I could contemplate 
it. I have to admit, they have their attractions, and the package size and format is about perfect. This one has a characteristic
MFP odor that you can detect when walking by it. 
-Hue Miller