K3VX just left a few minutes ago.

He left behind a classic hybrid... Kenwood TS-520. With a spare set of finals, AC & DC power cords, installed CW filter.

I got it all for $100.

Now, I thought when Larry mentioned this the other night at the club meeting that this was from an estate. It's not, it was his... it got displaced by a rig he acquired from an estate.

A little bit of surface rust on the top, but otherwise everything appears intact.

I'm looking forward to firing this old beast up and seeing what it can do. And with the Omni on the Butternut vertical, and the Corsair on the wire, this rig can go on the Solarcon until I get one of the other verticals, or the flagpole, up next spring.

That's assuming I keep it... there is a certain Islander who should have gotten a PM from me, I know he's without rig, and if he wants this, he can have it for cost + shipping -- and Larry's OK with that. Otherwise, it's going to stay a spell.

Hmmm. Wonder what the remote VFO is going for on eBay these days? Or the digital readout?

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