[GreenKeys] Madison TTY/Radio Update

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

I agree that the rack installation has no value itself.

The RBS receiver is missing its cabinet which probably drops its retail 
value to the $50 that Nick mentioned.  However, the retail value of the TCS 
components hasn't been nearly that low for at least three or four decades 
except if found under the table of some appliance operator. The receiver or 
transmitter, assuming that the cabinets come off of the rack panel without 
revealing any huge modifications, is $150-$200.  Each of the three cables is 
around $45.00 (about the cost of NOS connectors).  The Remote is around $40.  If 
the paint were better, it would be more.  I don't have any paper on the 
AN/FRT-5 but if the PP-454 is actually equivalent in output ratings to the 
PP-380/URR, then around $50.  I don't like to impune the deceased but the 
"interface" wiring between the PP-454 and the three TCS cables looks dangerous. If 
the supply is actually equivalent to a PP-380 and was modified to comply 
with FC2, it would be worth more.  It looks like the necessary connectors could 
be salvaged from the rat's nest.  However, I don't recall seeing but one 
probably 5R4 rectifier so maybe not.  I thought that I had saved the email 
with the URL to David's photos but can't find it.

The TCS receiver could be from TCS-14.  If the remote is marked TCS-14, 
that would increase the probability.  But proving it might be difficult without 
the nameplate.  It might be worthwhile looking around for the nameplate.  I 
forgot to notice whether or not the receiver had the NL kit.  If it does, 
that might be why the nameplate was removed.

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 05/21/2016 04:59:26 AM Central Daylight Time, 
navy.radio at gmail.com writes: 
> Many thanks to David for the photos etc. I'll forward his page to some 
> radio buddies.  The big rack is just this ham's rather neat way of mounting a 
> hodge-podge of fairly common navy surplus gear. None of it was ever 
> mounted like this in actual navy use. 
> The item with scope is indeed a homebrew RTTY converter. Perhaps someone 
> can ID the circuit board installed in it. 
>  The PP-454 power supply at the bottom was originally intended for use 
> with other equipment but has been adapted by this fellow to power the TCS set.
> N.B. If he had an FRT-5 transmitter you would have noticed it. It is about 
> the size of your average mini-van. 
> 
> Except as a memorial to this particular ham's ingenuity (or 1950's ham 
> aesthetics in general), there is no intrinsic value to this rack 
> configuration. The components are fairly common. At a hamfest nothing would go for more 
> than $50. But as always eBay might turn up a couple of people who 
> desperately want a souvenir and don't want to wait or spend time scrounging at 
> hamfests. I hate seeing anything parted out but theses pieces of gear are still 
> pretty common so no huge loss. 
> YMMV
> Nick
> 
> 
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