[Milsurplus] Shelby NC hamfest photos

[Meir WF2U]

I think all three B40's I know of in the US may be within a 30 mile radius in the Greenville-Spartanburg area in South Carolina... I have one also and I know the other two owners, one is the one who is selling his. I didn't buy it because I really don't need two of them....

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC

On September 4, 2016 4:53:14 PM EDT, antqradio at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>Tag says that the B40 only weighs 100 pounds!  Got to appreciate the
>stiffness of that plywood table top; it is holding up well.  Below your
>B-40 is what looks to be an EH Scott receiver but the chrome looks a
>bit ragged.  Better photo is column 1, 24 down.
>Yes, Nick has a knack for finding hamfests with a good variety of
>quality boatanchors.  The last couple of hamfest photo essays have been
>way above average!  I hope I am as lucky at Mena later this week.Jim
>
>      From: AKLDGUY . <neilb0627 at gmail.com>
> To: milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> 
> Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2016 3:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Shelby NC hamfest photos
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>Great photos and nice to see so many boatanchors.
>The blue unit in column 3, photo 25 with the large vertical dial and
>large black knob may not be recognizable to US viewers. It's a British
>Navy receiver, type B40, made by Murphy. Instantly recognizable to me
>as I once owned one. A good multiband receiver, very heavy, with clunky
>bandchanging performed by a rotating turret. IIRC, it had a crystal
>filter of two degrees of sharpness, CW and voice.
>73 de Neil ZL1ANM
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