[Boatanchors] Very Interesting BA Listing on EchhBay

[Carl]

If it wasnt for the hams you wouldnt be here complaining about them as that 
one on Ebay wouldnt exist. The military valued the hams contributions in WW2 
and made the effort to get surplus to them. If that hadnt happened it all 
would have been scrapped as is done these days. Good luck trying to build a 
collection of modern military gear.

Sure, many were modified but others were just put away sometimes in original 
boxes.

Considering the tiny minority that collect military gear there still seems 
enough to go around. The ATC I picked up a few years ago is an example of 
something that was never touched by the ham who bought it in 1947 from a 
surplus dealer. I made just enough minor reversible changes to be able to 
use it.

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
To: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Very Interesting BA Listing on EchhBay


I am NOT a ham. I value and respect mil gear for what it is.

I really DO NOT think that 'converting' mil radios for ham use does
anything but degrade and destroy them, and makes them almost completely
valueless.

Most, if not all, of the conversions I've seen substitute hack engineering
for good design.

YMMV,
-John

==============



> Other than simply "having it", what "real" use would it be put to?
>
> The ham community would have to modify it to no end!  (I think!)  As air
> comms are pretty high up in frequency today.  The frequency coverage, IF
> it fell within the range covered by the BC-610, has a pretty good chance
> of NOT being in the Amateur Bands.
>
> At least half or more of the tuning units and PA Coils of the BC-610 set
> unused for just that reason.
>
> Now, find me a P-51 in its crate in an old hangar in England, as
> happened about ten years ago, or find a crated Rolls Merlin or the
> original U.S. Allison - THEN we can talk an auction that will FILL your
> coffers.
>
> Both engines had an expected life-span of approximately 100 hours!
>
> Bob - N0DGN
>
> J. Forster wrote:
>> There was a similar setup in crates a few months ago. Maybe it didn't
>> sell
>> or this is another. IMO, it's a very nice setup and the complete kit is
>> worth the asking BIN price, s they are rare.
>>
>> I wish it were mine, but I have no more space.
>>
>> FWIW,
>> -John
>>
>> =============
>>
>>
>>
>>> Mighty steep price for an SCR-522!  Hope the buyer is read to take out
>>> all
>>> the bad micamold paper capacitors in it!  The '522's were famous for
>>> these
>>> going bad back in the 1950's!
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Sandy W5TVW
>>>
>>
>>
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