[Milsurplus] Surprise from Berryville hamfest

[William Props]

I looked it over right before you bought it. I'm glad to hear it went to a
good home! It certainly is a neat piece. Five dollars was hard to turn
down, but I'm out of room.

Steve, I saw the pile sitting on the ground already sold but didn't look to
see what exactly was there.

Chris
W4SVA

On Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 1:49 PM Mark Foltarz via Milsurplus <
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

>  Speaking of homebrews,  I got a nice rescue from Berryville.
> There was a vendor who had a large pile of derelict command set stuff.
> I wish I got his name so that I could get a backstory on this radio.
> Although the apparatus in not an explicit conversion military conversion,
> it is made of numerous military surplus parts.
> If fact, it was the dial from an R-26 that made believe it was some sort
> of command set conversion.
>
> I purchased it late in the day for a 5 dollar bill. No one was interested
> and I thought it was going to the dump.
> I don't know what I was thinking. Maybe a good set of parts - who knows,
> But when I got this thing home I realized what a gem I found.
>
> The transmitter is a classic 3 tube crystal controlled MOPA with plug in
> coils ad a 807 in the final.
> The receiver is a  6 tube superhet with plug in coils for the ant, osc and
> mixer.
> There is a little modulator deck  I believe is for screen modulation.
> The little bit of handwritten documentation leads me to believe the radio
> is a transceiver for 6 - 20m.
>
> The layout and construction is superb. There are small engraved labels on
> all the controls and meters.
> Even the homemade rack that all three decks mount to exudes craftmanship.
> There is even a drake dial light to light up the entire front panel.
> No major dings. No rust, just a light coating of dust everywhere..
> This is a keeper and will be restored.
>
> I forgot if this list allow pictures, if so I'll post them.
>
> Mark
> de WA4AM
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