[Milsurplus] inquiry about commercially converted surplus

[WA5CAB@cs.com]

Bob,

You might call Grady Seaman over in Bayou LaBatre.  It's possible that he 
might recall who did the mods.  He hauled me all over Mississippi Sound from 
6/01 until 2/02 while I was working out of there.  He's about our age or 
maybe 4 or 5 years older and has skippered shrimp boats, tuna boats, 
freighters, pretty much you name it non-military all over the world all of 
his life.  Very interesting gentleman.  His term for the radios may be "HF" 
to differentiate from the VHF sets that they mostly use around there today.

As an interesting totally off topic aside, the bayou that forms the south 
boundary of his property on Bayou LaBatre is Bayou de la Morte or Bayou of 
the Dead, the fictional location of Bubba Shrimp Co. in Bubba Gump.

In a message dated 4/3/2003 10:19:40 PM Central Standard Time, 
milsurplus-request@mailman.qth.net writes: 
> 
> I have been  told that many of the shrimpers out of Bayou la Batre, Alabama 
> used
> modified BC-375's and BC-348's in the early 1950's and late 1940's .  
> Mostly for
> the 2-3MC marine ship-to-shore frequencies.  Later on many shifted to 
> Collins
> ham gear complete with linears.
> 

Robert & Susan Downs
Houston
<wa5cab@cs.com>


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