I have seen some homebrew gear of this quality, in the 1950s there were many small basement and garage labs, offering kits in the back pages of radio magazines, and also plenty construction projects too. These were cases and ensembles of parts, maybe from some obscure BC-XXX "something",  some instructions, but they were for people who had a good idea what they were doing. They were certainly not Heathkits. Do you have any idea what frequency it is on?  The size makes me think it is some sort of handheld, although the batteries would be in something you would wear, like a vest or cross-body bag.

    B. Gentry, KA2IVY

Bruce,

If it is, this guy really had it together.  But, I doubt it.

73,
AL

On 11/29/2025 3:39 PM, Brenda Gentry via Milsurplus wrote:

It looks like a good homebrew rig.

   B.Gentry, KA2IVY

On 11/29/25 3:27 PM, Al Klase wrote:

  

Larger tube is a 3B4 (Gone to air)

What is this?
AL

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