Russian radio,a suprise
 

Bought an old Russian communications radio,quadruple change superhet with 6 RF stages,bandspread tuning,twelve if stages,along with a 2kva transformer to convert 240v to 220v,for 50 bucks from a junkshop,had to replace one of the 5 filter chokes,and all the 700uf 1kv reservoir and filter caps,all the paper caps were oilfilled 5kv rated so these were ok, 2 PL519 sweep tubes in class ab for audio,also had FM,65-120mhz and airband too,thing was built like a tank,all the knobs worked the wrong way,opened it up,in a small compartment was a comprehensive service manual,in English,and Russian,along with a picture of Joesph Stalin being riddled with bullets,by someone from the Klan,along with a loaded Makarov pistol,with a tag,Greetings,comrade,from the CIA.Any you guys found stuff like this before?

I bought an early 50s Sylvania table model TV complete with a hidden family of about 6 rats in it this past spring. Does that count?

I opened a radio that had several dozen baby spiders living in it. No pic of Uncle Joe, however. Spiders mighta eaten it.

Definietly,provide they were packing heat

Definietly,provide they were packing heat,Also found a wire oprated mechanical Arm like Tee Hee in that Bond movie with the opium and speedboats,during a house rewire,plus gay porn from the Seventies featuring that fag he man from the movie with the Russian Boxer and James Brown,GODFATHER OF SOUL, one badass mofo.

Wow...so where are you from, boora, and where did you find this radio with a loaded gun inside??!?

Oh, on second thought, never mind.

Hmm. A radio with quite a bang. Good thing you are safe.

One of my RCA 621's came with a Taft for President button and a green handle catalin/bakelite screwdriver.

Australia,bought it off a Jewish lady,her husband was a dissident in Russia,bought their way out of Russia.

it would be great if you show pictures

Boorish Boorish is gone now-BooHoo- but I remember the story back when we were still part of AK, some guy bought a highboy late 20s-early Thirties radio, loaded in this van, & got underway good, & was attacked by the Angry Residents of the big-@zz Wasper Nest that had gone previously unnoticed..

Twenty-two years in the U.S. armed forces and never heard a shot fired in anger. Now I have to worry about death by radio. Maybe I should go back to golf.