[Boatanchors] Very Interesting BA Listing on EchhBay

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Duane's comments aside (and I am not disagreeing with him), why is it that 
people who for whatever reason hate eBay have to deliberately mispell it 
whenever they mention it?  I happen to thoroughly despise the former Soviet 
Union, Japanese Empire, Caliphate, Napoleon Bonaparte, Democratic Party, Labour 
Party and Nazi Germany (all for similar reasons).  But if I have occasion 
to mention them I don't deliberately mispell them.

Second, if you want to post an eBay item that might be of interest to the 
list you are posting to, just post the item number.  Anyone interested will 
know what to do with it.  It takes up much less space than the full URL or 
the stupid tiny URL.  It doesn't require starting the browser again.  Much 
quicker.  2 seconds max.  And easier to ignore by anyone not interested.

Third, the description in the ad is about 2/3 wrong.  SCR-624-(*) is a 
ground set used at advanced fighter bases on the continent for the two weeks it 
typically took to build up the AAA, secure the area and bring in the big 
trailers with the BC-639's and BC-640's.  The radio receiver-transmitter used 
in the SCR-624 is the same as the one used in SCR-522 and SCR-542 (and 
commonly referred to by the technically impaired as "the" SCR-522).  Except for 
connectors, nothing else in SCR-624 is common to either SCR-522 or SCR-542.  
The set was certainly never installed and used in aircraft.  It weighs 786 
pounds.

Finally, $1125 is probably about going market for approximately one-half of 
a complete NOS SCR-624-B.  The last one I sold about six years ago went for 
$800.  And the two before that for almost as much.  They were nice but not 
NOS.  And prices have definitely gone up since the January disaster.

In a message dated 7/20/2009 9:14:24 PM Central Daylight Time, 
dfischer at usol.com writes: 
> Mark,
> 
> Such a link to any electronic auction is not allowed on these lists. That 
> is 
> a pay to play business. This is subscriber based, free for Hams and radio 
> hobbyists and donation funded. See the footer -
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "butwheat" <butwheat73 at gmail.com>
> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 9:44 PM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Very Interesting BA Listing on EchhBay
> 
> 
> >Ladies and Gentlemen,
> >
> >Lookie here! Dunno if seller will get anywhere near the price, but it's 
> an
> >exceptional piece of BA gear:
> >
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&
> item=180385502228&viewitem=&salenotsupported
> >
> >GL es vy 73 de Mark KX8XX
> 

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