[ARC5] 10m Tank Radios

[Mike Morrow]

> One of these was a BC-603 receiver.  "How much am I bid for this?"
> Everyone was stunned when a guy spoke up from the back of the crowd
> "I'll take it!.  Here's $5.00"

I've got an SCR-508.  It is a very important WWII and Korean War radio set.

There's considerable technological history associated with the development
and use of the SCR-508, ugly though it is, operating on 20 to 28 MHz.  (Two
BC-603 receivers are part of that system).

The artillery band version is the SCR-608.  A SCR-628 (which uses only one
BC-683 receiver) went for $760 on ebay yesterday:

 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250760045220

The only really hard and essential part to find is the radio mount FT-237.
A decent complete FT-237 such as was part of this auction is probably worth
about $400 just by itself.

There must have been some very surprising long-range contacts made during
sunspot cycle highs using these sets, especially the SCR-508/528.

Mike / KK5F