Hi Bill,
Thanks for your concern! I admit, I was confused by your first message, coming as it did, about 8 months after the theft!
The answer is that I never heard anything from the police or any of the neighbors or other friends and hams that started checking for me. The local supposition is that it was stolen to be sold for communications between/with some of the sophisticated drug running ships operating in the S. China Sea. There is a very significant crystal methamphetamine addiction problem here in our community, so the supposition is that some of the suppliers get requests from their suppliers for HF radio gear to be used in the operations of THEIR suppliers. The addicts, as is well known, are habitually short of money to support their addiction and will steal whatever their suppliers request in exchange for the stuff - called "ice" here in Hawaii. People who know the situation, including the police, told me to forget about the rig and move on. The fact that the thief left behind the somewhat unique power plug, may well have led to the immediate disposal of the rig here - but the perpetrators are pretty sophisticated and wouldn't dispose of it anywhere that I might be able to get it back.
Anyway, I bought a "new" rig from a friend and I'm happily back on the air. I DO always lock my car doors now, even in the driveway, but it appears the thief has moved on to other neighborhoods.
Thanks again for your concern!!
Aloha,
Tom
AH6KW