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SeanStevens · 19th Oct 2020, 8:14 am

To even up the score - I have the almost complete opposite happen to me and the coincidence was beyond supernatural.

I bought a WW2 Austerity radio that was tatty and needed attention to get it going. Although Ian and I got it working relatively simply, the speaker fret material was in tatters and looked awful.

The NEXT WEEK, lying on the floor at the Bootfair - just the baffle board/speaker of an identical radio - with good speaker cover material. No other parts - just exactly what I needed.

It happens rarely - I know from other hobbies, where a 'variant' in the production makes a simple parts swap impossible - but the serendipity roulette wheel comes around now and again.

SEAN

19th Oct 2020, 8:14 am	#9
SeanStevens Octode Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bath, Somerset, UK. Posts: 1,033	Re: Heathkit Valve Voltmeter - a tale or woe, suffering and utter misery etc.etc. To even up the score - I have the almost complete opposite happen to me and the coincidence was beyond supernatural. I bought a WW2 Austerity radio that was tatty and needed attention to get it going. Although Ian and I got it working relatively simply, the speaker fret material was in tatters and looked awful. The NEXT WEEK, lying on the floor at the Bootfair - just the baffle board/speaker of an identical radio - with good speaker cover material. No other parts - just exactly what I needed. It happens rarely - I know from other hobbies, where a 'variant' in the production makes a simple parts swap impossible - but the serendipity roulette wheel comes around now and again. SEAN __________________ There are only 10 types of people, those who understand the binary system, and those who don't.