[Milsurplus] Paraset ( Milsurplus Digest, Vol 137, Issue 5 )

[Hue Miller]

Because it is a whole lot of work to build such, I mean a lot, and requires 
a good set of tools and place to work them;
and when you're finished, you have a REPRODUCTION, not a 'spy radio'.  The 
REPRO instrument belongs to the
category "QRP rigs", not military radios. The repro has no history to it. 
If someone really wants to operate an
actual spy-type radio, there are still some around which appear occasionally 
to buy. This isn't a construction project
or QRP group.
BTW, how is your own  Paraset project coming along?

If you want to see the lengths some people will go to, to do repros, look up 
some of the German WW2 radios completely
scratch-built, cast from resin.  They 'look right' but like the Paraset 
repro, they don't have any history, soul, provenance.
-Hue Miller


>I got a question for you guys.  (I've been a member of this list for a
long time and basically am not into collecting old military gear.
(Prices for one seem unreasonable to me.  For the most part I am only
interested in BC-348 and BC-610 type stuff.  I was in the Army Signal
Corps.)  That said,  why aren't some of you guys interested in building
WW-2 spy transceivers such as the famous PARASET.  You guys like
nostalgia and Parasets sure have that appeal.  Just curious why this
group doesn't seem to talk or be interested in things like the Paraset.
Lee, w0vt