[Milsurplus] 20 Years into the Future

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

One thing that I have noticed for the past maybe five years, and increasing, 
are the number of MV collectors who not only want radios in their vehicles but 
want them if not always ready to turn on and work at least complete to the 
point where they could say that they do or should work.  Before that it was 
quite often they wanted a nice looking case but preferred nothing in it to hold 
the weight down.  I think the plus side to this, besides providing a market for 
some of us, is that MV's very seldom end up in landfills.

In a message dated 12/16/2006 5:01:40 PM Central Standard Time, 
kargo_cult at msn.com writes: 
> I tend to look to the militaria hobby as kind of a bellwether for how
> ham radio and milsurplus radio in specific, will be doing. But being
> more or less isolated out here on the coast now,  far from militaria
> shows and hobby stores, i don't have a good feel for how those
> interests are doing now. -Hue

Robert Downs - Houston
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