[Milsurplus] New item on the EGreed site, what the heck is it???

[Bob Wilder]

It is a standard BC-779, the 773 was a typo.  Used a bunch in the USAF 
years ago (1950's)

Bob, AF2HD

At 04:11 PM 9/1/2004 -0400, Gregory W, Moore wrote:

>GA All, while doing my usual daily search on the Greed, I came across this 
>item,
>the number is  5718352324
>
>and if you wanna save time, the whole url, unless it isn't permitted on 
>this group is:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4673&item=5718352324&rd=1
>
>It purports to be a BC-773, but this is the first time I have heard of 
>this animal, and was wondering if that is all there is, or is there a 
>power supply or other control unit missing... the unit also looks beat, 
>especially the meter, which looks like it is rusted internally.... Now, 
>living in Upper Darby,
>Bradford is not much of a stretch...........I just know nothing about this 
>unit, and I thought I have seen about everything--hi-- I guess one always 
>is learning......
>
>73 es tnx for the help de
>
>Greg WA3IVX/NNN0BVN
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