Assuming it still exists, someone out there has R-4 s/n 727. I was the
original owner (purchased in 1964, sold in 1979 or thereabouts). I am also
the one who reamed a "spinner" depression in the tuning knob (also assuming
it still has the original knob).
This radio has an interesting history. For 4 years (1964-68) it was
installed in the ET shop of USS BELMONT (AGTR-4), a U.S. Navy intelligence
ship. It thus traveled to South America (3 times including one
circumnavigation), Africa (both coasts), and out into the south-central
Pacific. In
1969 it traveled with me to Morocco and remained there until we returned to
the U.S. in 1971. It also lived on the Outer Banks of NC from 1972-73.
I have many interesting photos of this radio: Aboard ship; in a
quonset hut in Kenitra, Morocco; in use as a downlink receiver with OSCAR-6 &
OSCAR-7; as the "back end" of a 6m/2m SSB/CW station.
If you have the radio and want copies of the pix, email me. Not many
radios have traveled so far around the world.
73 DE K4MSG
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