[Milsurplus] APR-4Y from Hamvention

[Kevin Kibbe]

 Great story and obviously a great friend.

Kevin
73
VA3SU


On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:04 AM, Jeff Kruth via Milsurplus <
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> As the radio dude Paul Harvey used to say: And now here is the rest of the
> story!  I was a bit disappointed that I had missed on on the R-444/APR-4Y
> at Xenia with the 4 band tuner head. I asked around there and on here, and
> a few other places where it got to.  Today I found out: I went to work and
> walked into my lab. There it was on one of my carts!  It turns out my buddy
> Bob, saw it and said "this looks like Jeff". he asked the guy how much and
> was told $20, so he bought it & hid it in his truck to bring it back as a
> gift to surprise me! He succeeded. Not every surplus tale has an ending
> like this!  The unit has a Hallicrafters property tag on it, making it a
> little bit more unusual. The tuner is jammed, needing a bit of TLC, but the
> radio M/F looks great, even has a power connector.  I am happy as hell!
> 73, Jeff Kruth, WA3ZKR
>
>
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