[Boatanchors] Very Interesting BA Listing on EchhBay

[J. Forster]

Try finding the following, clean and un-ham-hacked:

ARB
RT-1A/APN-2
ART-13A
R.1155
T.1154

or even almost any ARC5 stuff.

-John

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> 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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