[Milsurplus] AN/GRR-5

[Jon Oldenburg]

Agreed on the unobtainium items, My GRR-5 is complete with the exception of examles of the dry batterys ( help anyone?) and the cost  of accesories ended up costing a good bit! 


--
Jon 
Oldenburg AB9AH

"Give a man a fish and he will eat 
for a day. Teach him how to fish, 
and he will sit in a boat and 
drink beer all day." 



-------------- Original message from WA5CAB at cs.com: -------------- 

> If he really has a complete AN/GRR-5, it's a good price. The canvas cover, 
> dry-battery carrying bag and shock mount are virtually unobtanium, and the rest 
> of the components although available if you look around do add up. But most 
> likely he has only the R-174, PP-308 and CY-615, and maybe one of the three 
> power cables. It's like all of the thousands of people who have an "ART-13" or 
> "ARC-5". 
> 
> Rant mode off. No offense intended, Lloyd. If he really does have the shock 
> mount, I know a guy who wants to put one in an M38A1. And I'm not getting 
> rid of mine (which is complete, BTW). 
> 
> In a message dated 10/14/2004 8:49:36 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> rbrunner at gis.net writes: 
> > Re: 
> > "> Guy here in Phoenix has one for sale. Asking $400. ....." 
> > 
> > Gratuitous commentary: 
> > Good luck to him - $400 for a GRR-5 is a LOT of money. I am presently 
> > working on one for a friend, and it is about the same as a GRC-9 receiver, 
> > but with a complicated power supply to run on 6/12/24 vdc, and 115 vac. Am 
> > I missing something? 
> > 
> 73 
> 
> Robert Downs - Houston 
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