[ARC5] Re: ARC5 Digest, Vol 46, Issue 22

Wed Nov 21 01:38:09 EST 2007

T-16/ARC-5.

Hi Gang, I thought that might make you all sit up, well, the story behind it 
is I have two and one had to go, the other is NIB so this one was the 
obvious choice, maybe I should put a reserve thinking about it, then again I 
might just leave it in the lap of the Gods. I have the T-17 as well but only 
one, and yes, I was pipped to the post on the T-15 a few years ago, never 
mind it went to a good home I'm sure. I agree ebay has made it possible for 
me to collect all my arc-5 and others, I have a gleaming brand new ART-13, 
BC-348 and NIB complete set BC-375 courtesy of ebay, I cannot remember how 
much I paid but if it was a lot of money  for the items compare how much 
phoning, petrol, airtransport costs etc it would have cost me looking for 
them any other way. Anyway I use these radios on air on a regular basis, so 
what price enjoyment. Talking of which, there are some regular 
trans-Atlantic (USA / UK / Netherlands) AM qso's going on around 0500GMT 
onwards on 3705kcs, If you have 100w AM or more please give it a go, maybe 
you will be lucky. 73 Max / M0GHQ
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>   1. Re: [Milsurplus] Note Epay item 250188239984 (J Forster)
>   2. Re: [Milsurplus] Note Epay item 250188239984 (T-16/ARC-5)
>      (Mike Morrow)
>   3. Re: [Milsurplus] Note Epay item 250188239984 (T-16/ARC-5)
>      (jcoward5452 at aol.com)
>   4. Re: [Milsurplus] Note Epay item 250188239984 (T-16/ARC-5)
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> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:04:04 -0500
> From: J Forster <jfor at quik.com>
> Subject: [ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Note Epay item 250188239984
> To: john p hutchins <olegerityincj at austin.rr.com>
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> I'd bet the seller gets more than the opening price. The thing looks
> like new. Virtual beer anyone?
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> Best,
> -John
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> john p hutchins wrote:
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>> Check this out gang Epay item 250188239984
>> Holy cow.
>> Later
>> Hutch
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> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:03:29 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
> From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Note Epay item 250188239984
> (T-16/ARC-5)
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>> Check this out gang Epay item 250188239984
>> Holy cow.
>
> Why the "holy cow" surprise?
>
> The T-15, T-16, and T-17/ARC-5 MF transmitters have in the past brought as 
> much as $2600 each on ebay.  They are rather rare, and not much is 
> documented about their intended purpose.  The maintenance manual for the 
> AN/ARC-5 simply states that they are "not ordinarily supplied."
>
> A T-17 went for about $400 on ebay a couple of years ago, but that was 
> unusually low.  I think that typical ebay prices are somewhat excessive, 
> but Max's starting bid for this unit is *very* reasonable.
>
> I have a T-16 in my collection purchased for $10 at the Warren, Ohio, 
> hamfest 25 years ago.  I had never seen one of this series before that. 
> All that I've seen have been in new, never used, condition, which is an 
> indication that this series likely saw little or no service use.  That 
> greatly reduces the interest level for me.
>
> We can complain and smirk and guffaw about ebay prices, but ebay has been 
> the best resource ever invented for those trying to assemble in detail 
> complete equipments of this sort.  I made more progress in five years of 
> ebay toward completing AN/ARC-1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -8, -25, -27, -38, 
> SCR-183, -269-G, -274-N, -284, -287-A, -288, -508, -522-A, ABK, ARB, ATD, 
> RA-10/TA-12, and other sets than I'd made in the 30 years previous, even 
> with yearly visits to the Dayton fleamarket.  Ebay has saved a lot of this 
> gear from the landfills.
>
> It helps if postings about ebay items contain the name of the item, which 
> I've added to the subject line.
>
> Mike / KK5F
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:22:36 -0500
> From: jcoward5452 at aol.com
> Subject: [ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Note Epay item 250188239984
> (T-16/ARC-5)
> To: kk5f at arrl.net, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net, arc5 at mailman.qth.net
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> Hear,hear! Mike,
> I concur,totally.
>  I too have a T-16 which I paid a fair price for.Expensive?,Yes. Fair
> price?,Yes.
> My Holy Grail is the T-15.
> Regards and Happy Thanksgiving to all,
>  Jay KE6PPF
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>
>
> Why the "holy cow" surprise?
>
> Mike / KK5F
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> From: jcoward5452 at aol.com
> Subject: [ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Note Epay item 250188239984
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> Hear,hear! Mike,
> I concur,totally.
>  I too have a T-16 which I paid a fair price for.Expensive?,Yes. Fair
> price?,Yes.
> My Holy Grail is the T-15.
> Regards and Happy Thanksgiving to all,
>  Jay KE6PPF
>
>
>
> Why the "holy cow" surprise?
>
> Mike / KK5F
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