[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] (no subject)

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

George,

I agree with Barry (and others who've written reasoned replies to 
eBayphobes).  The very fact that the is nonsense usually means there was no one around 
who knew diddley about it.  8 years ago and back to when Christ was a Novice, 
the only place it would have gone was to the dump.  And if it's something you 
are interested in, you can always hope that the poor description, wrong 
category, dumb title, etc. will keep anyone else from finding it.  I have a ZM-3A/U 
that a friend stumbled across accidentally.  Despite the fact that the 
nomenclature was easily the largest printing on the nameplate, it appeared nowhere in 
the ad or ad title.  After getting seriously outbid on two in a row, I had this 
one to myself.

And yeah, it was reported that it must be OK as the light comes on.  And the 
meter was pegged 'cause the leakage voltage adjustment pot was fully CW.  I 
sent the seller an email and asked him whether the needle went back to the left 
when he turned it off.  And told him that if it did, not to turn it on again.  
:-)

In a message dated 4/9/2006 10:27:17 PM Central Daylight Time, 
barry at hausernet.com writes: 
> So, on balance, it's better to grin and bear it when you read "Don't know 
> much about these things, but everything seems to work.  All the knobs turn 
> freely and it lights up, but I got no sound." ( due to no speaker or antenna 
> 
> connected -- or it's a power supply.)
> 
> My 2 cents -- 
> Barry
> 

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