Hi Dale, et al,
Neat story. Would be great if you could find that special radio.
I read your message with interest....BUT...surely my copy of
the message was garbled in transmission as it said something like "....a
retiree....moved NORTH"? Hmmmmm, now that is an interesting idea...nawwwwww!
8-)
Tony, W4FOA
Chickamauga, GA
The Scenic Center of the South
Dale L Martin wrote:
> Say...curiosity is gnawing at me....
>
> In all the 544's that seem to be coming and going, has anyone run across
>
> serial number 544-00069 -- I think that was T-T's s/n format for the 544.
>
> I bought that radio somewhere back around 1979 or 80, just after it came
> out. Some 4 in Alabama had posted an ad in QST classifieds offering it, the
> speaker/p.s., ammeter, remote VFO for $750. My then-wife thought I was
> crazy to send him a cashier's check for that amount based solely on one
> telephone conversation with the guy. I told her something to the effect:
> It's okay. He's a ham.
>
> Apparently, just after he bought the 544, et al, Drake came out with the TR7
> (I think that's what it was--clear plastic bandswitch knob dial?) and he was
> champing at the bit for it. The 544 had been on the air for 'only 30
> minutes.'
>
> It was perfect when I received it and it played for about 15 years before
> (three years in a house in a subdivision with deed restrictions = 5 dipoles
> in the attic = 187 countries = fun!)
>
> I sold it a few years ago to a local retiree.
>
> He's since moved north and I've often wondered if one of the 544's mentioned
> might not be my old 544.
>
> Curiously enough, when my dad passed away and I inherited his ham equipment,
> one of the items he had was a T-T 2581, 2m handheld (He had seen mine and
> liked it's simplicity and bought one a few weeks later). It's s/n is (still
> have it and my original one) 00069, also.
>
> 73,
> dale, kg5u
>
> >
>
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