[Milsurplus] Misc.

[Hue Miller]

I looked a German FuHEC receiver recently and was surprised to note that the 
tuning worked very silky smooth, no kinks whatever, and this probably not 
lubed since
1943 or earlier. A fine machine with watch-precision gears, but way too 
expensive  construction for war expendable material. I was a little 
surprised this example wasn't more
bashed, since the case had the "from" APO address and "to" USA addresses 
painted right on the case. I would have expected the GI mailroom people, the
ship loaders and unloaders, and the USA postal system to have been much 
rougher. Maybe my low estimation of the GI-staffed shipping portion of the 
trip is
colored by the many instances of theft by those people. Anything that looked 
like a weapon or sword was iffy, whether it would arrive or not.

BTW, I have one copy of "Western Flying" magazine, with not much remarkable 
content, but 2 ads for A.R.C.  vhf radios. One copy available mailed 
cost-free.
No answer on this, means already claimed.
thanks-
Hue Miller