[ForSale-Swap] WTB or Trade for a dual band or 8900

[Donald R. McMurray]

I got to thinking, and decided I would add to my original post. If 
anyone is interested in simply purchasing the Heil PR-40, SM-2 shock 
mount, and PL-2T topless boom w/ mic cable that belonged to Art Bell 
just let me know. He used this mic setup as his main mic for his 
shack (which was also his studio for Coast to Coast AM). He had it 
connected to his Yaesu FT- dx9000 sometimes, but mainly his Icom 7800 
through his W2IHY 8 band noise gate/equalizer and EqPlus. All that 
went out to his 5 acre dual loop antenna! Sorry for rambling, but 
that setup deserves being rambled about, LOL!

I have pics of the mic setup in Art's studio. I don't currently have 
any pics of it setup here in my shack because I don't have a digital 
camera. It is exactly the same as when he had it so there is really 
nothing else that I could show of it here. I can also give the link 
to the pic of the setup of this mic when Art had it on Heil's web site.

If interested, just e-mail me an offer. I hope you understand that I 
will have to sell it higher than the equivalent from a non-celebrity. 
Some of Art's equipment that he sold on eBay before he moved to 
Manila went well over the price of new items just like them. I set up 
the deal to buy this from Art personally in April before he moved, 
and not through eBay. I can authenticate that this was his if anyone 
wants me to. He had his power of attorney accept my payment and ship 
it to me because he was moving in less than a week and didn't have 
time to wait on the money order and ship it himself.

As I mentioned in my original post, I don't really want to get rid of 
it, but there are more important ham items I need and don't have the $$$ for!

I guess I've rambled enough, so take care!

Donald
donmcm63 at bellsouth.net



At 11:50 PM 10/11/2006Wednesday, I wrote:
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>
>I'm new to ham radio and I have been gathering equipment. I have a 
>Kenwood TS-930S for 160-10 meters. Now I would like to get a dual 
>band (at least) mobile for my shack. What I would really like to get 
>is the Yaesu FT-8900 Quad Band.
>
>I know many of you are interested in Art Bell, the founder and 
>current weekend host of Coast to Coast AM. I bought his Heil PR-40 
>mic, SM-2 shock mount, and PL-2T "topless" boom that he used in his 
>ham shack. The mic cable even has a sticker in his own handwriting 
>that says "8 band mic in" where he ran it into his W2IHY 8 band 
>equalizer/ noise gate. There are many pics of this particular mic of 
>mine that he owned on the web, including the Heil web site. On the 
>Heil site, it shows he and Bob Heil in Art's ham shack with Art's 
>mouth up to the mic. The caption under it reads something like "This 
>is the best mic I have ever had [or used ]."
>
>I hate to part with the mic setup since I've been an avid fan of Art 
>Bell since I turned 18 just over ten years ago, but I would really 
>like a Yaesu 8900, or AT LEAST a dual band 2 meter, 70 cm.
>
>If anyone is interested in trading or knows where a good cash deal 
>is for the type radios I'm looking for, please e-mail me at 
>donmcm63 at bellsouth.net
>
>Take care,
>
>Donald McMurray
>Kingston, TN 37763
>donmcm63 at bellsouth.net