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Title: Unbelievable!!! Post by: vincent on April 12, 2012, 12:12:39 PM :o http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Squires-Sanders-International-broadcast-receiver-ham-radio-SS1BS-parts-/251037921226?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7306afca :'(
Title: Re: Unbelievable!!! Post by: w3jn on April 12, 2012, 12:20:03 PM That's certainly a rare one!
Title: Re: Unbelievable!!! Post by: W7TFO on April 12, 2012, 12:25:58 PM Looks to have been in a flood.
The rarity may make it worth restoring, but it will be a real labor of love. 73DG Title: Re: Unbelievable!!! Post by: WA3VJB on April 12, 2012, 12:36:34 PM Looks to have been in a flood. Or on a boat in salt spray or splash. Poor thing. The Universal Radio website has a rundown: http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/commrxvr/ibs.html Title: Re: Unbelievable!!! Post by: Carl WA1KPD on April 12, 2012, 01:28:15 PM Neat and unusual. Looks like a couple of the tubes on the left have mud in them
Title: Re: Unbelievable!!! Post by: WA3VJB on April 12, 2012, 01:49:49 PM Looks like a couple of the tubes on the left have mud in them Mud dauber detritus. A type of wasp. That explains the corrosion. Look under the center module too, just behind the dial. You can see the same material where they crawled in, spit up their mud, and built nests there too. |