[Milsurplus] Rare German radio info needed.

[Tom B]

Hi Ken,

I think Hue is correct, it is an EKB.  It is neither rare nor secret. It 
was also made in Poland and other countries.   Send a photo and I can 
confirm.

I can send you the manual if you like.

Tom Bryan

N3AJA


On 1/10/2017 5:02 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> I have been contacted by a ham in Oregon who has a rather "interesting" German radio for
> which he would love to find some information, other than what he has, which isn't much.
>
> Here is what he told me this morning:
>
> "Made approx 1960-67, German, GDR (East Germany?) for their police,
> army and border guards. Info and data tried to be kept secret. Hybrid,
> subminiature tubes and transistors, very good receiver ssb cw am, 1.5 to
> 22 mHz.  Low voltage 2 levels battery pack, attached; 1.2 v filaments
> (?)...Pretty much certainly designed to be rugged and portable and for
> hard use in the field! 13 kg probably including its ni-cad battery
> pack...
>       Apparently the Poles stole it, likely several or a bunch of them, for
> their uses...
>       Thinking we should find someone fluent and technically knowledgable
> of radio insides German, Polish would help maybe also, -and English. Who
> can navigate those web sites and sources ( .de and .pl ) There almost has
> to be some library/archive!"
>
> Anyway, that is all I know at this point. I've asked him to provide me with as many good
> photos of this thing as he can come up with. I'll pass on to the list anything I learn.
>
> In the meantime, does anyone here recognize this thing?
>
> Ken W7EKB
>