[Milsurplus] 390&A prices

[James C Whartenby]

No, not gone forever, you just have to be at the right place and time. 
Saw some "modern" Racal receivers at Dayton go for $200 each.  I bought
military manuals there last week for the RCH, RBC, BC-611 and other
equipments for $3 each.  The "bargains" are out there.  Even eBay has its
moments.  Remember the blue striper R-390s?  A friend bought several
pallets of them for less then $50 each.  That was about 7 years ago.
So, who is going to Johnstown, PA?
Jim

On Tue, 24 May 2005 03:27:16 GMT "gl4d21a at juno.com" <gl4d21a at juno.com>
writes:
> 
> I think the low point of R-390 prices must have been around the mid 
> 80s when they were showing up at swapfests for $100-$125.  The 
> saddest sight I ever saw was several pallets of them sitting out in 
> the rain at Kelly back in that time frame, waiting to go to the 
> crusher.
> 
> Which brings up another point.  How do you peg the price?  I am not 
> that familiar with the prices of a wide range of AN/ nomenclatured 
> stuff, but I can speak to surplus commercial test equipment.  At the 
> local DRMO auctions, back in the good old days, you could be pretty 
> sure of getting HP/Tek/Fluke/etc. for just slightly more than 10% of 
> the Tucker used equipment catalog price.  So, you could buy 10 of 
> them, get maybe 6 or 7 working, sell several and quadrupule your 
> money, plus have a good working unit and a lot of spare parts.
> 
> But, as you say, them days are gone forever.