"hamrc" wrote in message
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Hello,
I just picked up a 520 in great shape with orginal finals.
The serial no. is 520,719 anyone have an idea of its approx. age?
tnks
wb3dsj

Gary -

The date will be 1980 or earlier. I purchased a TS-530 in 1981, when it and
the TS-430 were both new - and incorporated changes following the WARC-79
conference -- new bands (30, 17 and 12 meters).

g. beat
w9gb