[Milsurplus] TBX Vibrator Supply

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

I'm sorry, Meir, but I have never understood that rationale.  Fifteen years 
ago I had a guy come up to me at a local hamfest all in a dither because he had 
heard from someone else there that I had available all of the seven 
connectors that are used with a complete AN/ART-13.  I quoted him prices.  He looked me 
squarely in the eye and stated that the connectors could not be worth more 
than the transmitter.  And turned and walked off.  I later learned that he had 
paid $20.00 for the transmitter to some worthless rice burner addict.

My point is that just because you got part of a set for next to nothing 
doesn't mean that anyone else has to give you the rest of it for nothing.  I gave 
maybe $200 for my first complete SCR-284-A, most of which was stolen in 2000.  
I've got about $1000 ($1082.144 to be exact) into it's replacement and would 
quickly give 5% or maybe more of that for a US made GY-11 or P-19, the only 
pieces I have been unable to find replacements for after more than five years of 
looking.  Despite the fact that I probably gave no more than $5 each for the 
stolen ones many years ago.

Anyway, the bottom line is that what you gave for one part of a radio set has 
no bearing on what some other part of it is worth or might cost.

In a message dated 12/10/2005 8:43:36 PM Central Standard Time, 
wf2u at starband.net writes: 
> A much as I would love to get that power supply, I'm not going to bid. I
> don't think I want to pay more for the supply than what I paid for my TBX-8
> with the hand crank genny, antenna, antenna base and cables.
> 
> 73, Meir WF2U
> Landrum, SC
> 
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> >[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of w8au at sssnet.com
> >Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 8:57 PM
> >To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> >Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] TBX Vibrator Supply
> >
> >
> >At 07:19 PM 12/10/05, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> >>Well, you know that you are in good (or bad depending upon how
> >you look at
> >>it) company when you recognize 80% of the people bidding against you! :-)
> >
> >Yep, recognized a lot of folks except for the high bidder.  Gosh,
> >the price
> >went as high as a good TBX would have gone.
> >
> >Bad thing about last moment bids, ya never know how many of your friends
> >you're bidding against.  Doesn't allow you to feel guilty until its all
> >over...  :-)

73
Robert Downs - Houston
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