[Milsurplus] HP 200D oscillator on PBS TV

[radioman390 at cs.com]

PBS's? "Antiques Roadshow" (another substanceless TV show funded by our tax dollars) had just now, an HPD 200D audio oscillator signed by Messers. Hewett and Packard in what appears to be magic marker (making the signatures suspect) as the first 200 came out in 1939, was just appraised at around $2K, but because of the signatures the appraiser thought it was worth over $10K. Ha!

I just happened to notice it as I was channel surfing, and I didn't really pay a lot of attention, but that's the gist of what I thought I heard.

Do I hear a mad rush to eBay?

Of course, if ARS is getting short of material, maybe somebody should drag in a SuperPro 600 or Collins R-390.?? :-)

73

Matt