By Mike Mandel

Here's one of the most startling synchronicity stories I've ever heard. It was told to me by my late father on the very day it happened to him... Back in 1976 my dad was very active in amateur radio in Toronto.

His call sign was VE3 FBO and he was fascinated by radio, having taught radio communications in the British Army in WW2. One day a friend of his came over to pick up some radio gear he had bought from my dad. Dad got a dolly from the underground parking lot of our townhouse and lugged the stuff out to the guy's car. They loaded everything and then stood by the car chatting. My dad asked his friend if he'd ever heard of a "19 set". His friend asked him what it was and my father replied that a "19 set" was a Russian tank radio that the British Army had used to teach radio courses in the war. Apparently the gauges were in Russian, but the radio had been simple to use and train with.

My father remarked that he'd love to get hold of one, although it seemed unlikely as they'd vanished with the end of WW2. His friend jokingly said "I'll keep my eye open for you, in case one shows up". Then he drove away. My father took the dolly back to the underground parking lot and walked past a pile of junk over by the wall. On top of the junkpile was a "19 set" Russian Tank radio! Dad said he got a chill when he saw it and couldn't believe his eyes. He took it from the junk pile and carried it up to our townhouse. He plugged it in and it worked perfectly. All the ancient tubes were intact. All his inquiries led nowhere. No one knew who put it there. When my father passed away the "19 set" was donated to the National War Museum in Ottawa where it resides to this day with a photograph of my father seated at it.

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