[Milsurplus] Someone Stole the TCM

[wf2u at starband.net]

It's me who "stole" the TCM. I bid $200 which was the top of what I
intended to spend. I'm 3 hours drive from where it's located so I don't
have to worry about shipping - I'm going to pick it up.

I collect mainly Navy and some Merchant Marine radio equipment (British,
Canadian and US) and use the equipment on the air. I really don't have any
"heavy iron" USN transmitters yet - the TCM is sort of the first for me
heavier than the TCS... I have a Royal Canadian Navy Marconi PV500
transmitter 600 lbs, 1944 vintage which is a real heavy.

Don't worry guys, it's going to a good home, will not be modified and will
be put to use with my RBB/RBC receivers.

73, Meir WF2U / NNN0AAF
Landrum, SC

> Ray,
>
> I wouldn't call that stupid.  When you aren't fantastically rich (as
> most or  maybe all of us here aren't), total cost of ownership must
> certainly be  considered.  Looks like you did your homework on that.
> Much better than what we  sometimes get on Susie's stuff, a tune that
> goes something like "I didn't realize  it was going to cost so much to
> ship.  Just let the other bidder have it".
>
> In a message dated 11/16/2005 9:02:11 AM Central Standard Time,
> RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu writes:
>> I was the stupid person who only had a bid to $155.00 on the TCM, and
>> lost the auction. before everyone say wow you should have bid more let
>> me point out that the seller wanted $35 to wrap and place the radio on
>> a pallet and Roadway had already quoted me $288.00 for delivery to my
>> town, that's just to the terminal so I would have had to load the
>> stuff and unload it at my place so I would have been into this
>> transmitter for $478.00, not much of a bargain when you consider
>> shipping, maybe I should have set my high bid at $200 but who knows if
>> the person who bought it lives in reasonable distance.
>
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