AntennaCraft Look what I Found.............

[rja1]

So the Mrs. & I are at the HAM EXPO fest in Marlborough, MA. last Friday & Saturday. I'm out looking around for bargains & find a bag of 17 Weller copper soldering iron tips for a few bucks. Great deal, as these were the solid copper tips, not the velveeta alloy tips they sell now. Anyway, I did the whole circuit a couple times & picked up a few odds & ends. Wife & I are sitting at our tables & I see a guy on the opposite side of the aisle, 3 spots to the right of where I am set up. Under one of his tables I see a long box like what on old OTA TV antenna would come in. Didn"t think much about it....till my curiosity got me to go check it out. I walk over towards his spot & see "RADIO SHACK" and the word "SCANNER" on the box! The RS version of the ANTENNACRAFT Scanner Antenna.
Talked to the guy for a while & ended up getting a brand new 20-042 Rad Shack antenna in a still sealed box for.................Wait for it......................$35! Home Run!!

Bob
K1ERP

 

[W9WSS]

There was one for sale on the RR classifieds section for $100. Not sure if it's been sold yet.

 

[dave3825]

Hopefully the box was kept inside all those years. Cold weather and sun take their toll on the plastics.