[Milsurplus] I'd never have thunk it

[antqradio at juno.com]

I picked up a GRR-5 in Oklahoma City a few years back for $10.00 (sorry,
Mac).  It was complete and even came with an extra power supply.  I still
haven't gotten around to playing with it but it is on the to do list.  So
the bargains are out there, sometimes even on the e-place.  Like the
ARC-58 T.O. for $1.29.  The shipping was about 10X of the bid price.  Got
to buy stock in the USPS!
Regards,
Jim

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:05:33 -0600 Tom Norris <r390a at bellsouth.net>
writes:
> Way back when, not too many years ago folks were
> nearly giving GRR-5's away*. Now look at this one --
> item #5752084755 on the e-place. Grungy, no main
> tuning knob, rest of knobs painted black and looks
> like the radio was painted black at some point. Looking
> at the freq display it is somewhere in between bands.
> How much? Over $200. The lucky guy has a couple
> bidders and there are 4 days to go. Reenactors?
> 
> I'll hang on to mine, the one with the canvas cover.
> It's not a bad little radio, the sound of the p/s
> vibrator hum is very soothing.
> 
> Tom NU4G
> 
> *I'm not old enough to have seen $5 command sets.