[Milsurplus] Re: kicking ourselves for what we didnt buy back then

[Peter Gottlieb]

Nowadays DRMO crushes and grinds up most radio equipment.  Except for the 
stuff that is placed at the bottom of the dumpster carefully, covered with 
tarps, then burried in aluminum scrap metal and sold by the pound to China. 
But none of us, or even surplus outfits, can afford that kind of 
"relationship" with DRMO management.  Oops, not supposed to know about that 
deal.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Johnson" <scottjohnson1 at cox.net>
To: "Jim Isbell" <millenniumfalcon at cableone.net>
Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Re: kicking ourselves for what we didnt buy back 
then


> Keep in mind that the end of WWII came about rather abruptly, had we 
> needed
> to invade Japan, the war would have gone on much longer,hence requiring 
> much
> more equipment.  To that end, there were huge stockpiles of everything, 
> from
> a country whose industrial might was unmatched.  At the same time, strides
> were being made in the electronics art so fast that almost everything
> designed for and even during the war was obsolete by its end, hence the
> large glut of electronics after the war.
>
> Scott
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Isbell" <millenniumfalcon at cableone.net>
> Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 4:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Re: kicking ourselves for what we didnt buy back
> then
>
>
>> Back in 1967 or there abouts I worked at the University of Texas and we
>> purchased 144 ARC  5's for use in a 12 x 12 array for a Radio Telescope.
>>  They were $1 each.  Where are they now?  God only knows.
>>
>> BOEING377 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> >We all kick ourselves for not having bought NOS ARC 5s etc when they 
>> >were
>> >dirt cheap, but what similar surplus opportunities present themselves
> today? Are
>> >there any? Aircraft instruments are going to become rare as glass
> cockpits
>> >become the norm. Are we going to kick ourselves for not having bought
> some of
>> >these when they were relatively cheap and plentiful? What about 
>> >currently
>> >available radios? Somehow I don't see ARC 58s or ARC 102s becoming 
>> >highly
>> >collectable, and I don't think any NOS units were sold surplus, but who
> knows? The cheap
>> >new PRT 4s and PRR 9s (squad radios) are largely ignored, but thats just
> what
>> >we did with the cheap NOS ARC 5 stuff. We thought it would always be
> there.
>> >Your thoughts on present opportunities that we will be kicking ourselves
> for not
>> >pursuing if we live another decade or two?
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