[ARC5] Oriignal cos- prices? Re: Nomenclature Taxonomy - AN/ART-13B

[Henry Frederick "Meils" Meiseles]

Just curious -- while reading about discussions about nomecnlature for 
various units
and their upgrades and diverse versions and now this presumably ironic 
comment
about surplus resale value, the question comes to my taxpayer mind:

What were some of the prices paid by the  (US) armed forces for, lets us 
say,
a typical Command transmitter or receiver, an ART-13, an R-390A/URR?
I read on one of the mil radio related reflectors that thousands of working 
R-390A's
were destroyed to prevent them coming to the wrong hands -- is this true?

Despite my living abroad on a somewhat permanent basis I am still
taxable in the US and have to file annual IRS returns, and of course
I was tax liable when living in the US.

What were/are the mechanics of which company gets which contract
for military electronics needs and who in the military makes the decisions?

Have a nice Sunday,
Henry
OZ3O  N2NR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hanz" <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 2:17 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Nomenclature Taxonomy - AN/ART-13B


>
>
> On 6/25/2011 5:24 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
>> I wrote:
>>> What value was the T-412's capability for CDA-T crystal-control in
>>> the range of 1670 to 2000 kHz in the mid-1950s?
>> Mike wrote:
>>> The USAF was trying to maximize the resale value of their surplus by
>>> including the 160M band for hams... :-)
>> Well...that seems logical until one remembers the Loran A restrictions
>> on 160m!  :-)
>
> The USAF has always encouraged very long-term oriented strategies....O:-)
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