[Milsurplus] A new high?

Sun, 1 Feb 2004 00:02:05 EST

Mike and Group,

Excellent points.  Things show up on eBay from non-radio type sellers who in 
previous decades wouldn't have known what to do with them.  Sure, QST, ARC, 
ER, etc. often have ads for mil components at bargain prices because the ham 
selling them still thinks they are only worth the $10-$15 that they sold for in 
the 40's through 60's (and couldn't be given away in the 70's and 80's).  But 
most eBay sellers never even heard of any of those magazines.  In decades past, 
the items would for sure have gone to landfills (and did).  If they sell for 
more than some think that they "ought" to be worth, so what.  Without eBay, 
they wouldn't have been offered for sale at any price.

Just in the past two months, I've acquired (and for that matter learned the 
nomeclature of since the manual doesn't say) the BX-41 spares box for the 
PE-125 and 135-AX.  Plus an NOS BX-53-A for my otherwise complete SCR-694-C to put 
in place of the stack of post-war NOS BX-53-D's that were all I had been able 
to dredge up in previous decades.  Now if I could just find a US made GY-11 
and a P-19 to replace the stolen ones, my SCR-284 would once again be complete.  
And I'd be happy (at least for a few days).  :-)  If anyone sees either, feel 
free to let me know.

In a message dated 1/31/2004 7:54:37 PM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes: 
> And ebay, much maligned for the prices obtained, has been the greatest aid
> to that hobby.  I looked around for more than 25 years for all the items
> needed to complete some of my sets.  Only ebay has made it possible to
> assemble and complete collections in a reasonable time.  And best of all,
> most of that stuff would otherwise have wound up in a landfill, gone
> forever.

73
Robert Downs - Houston
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