[Milsurplus] 20 Years into the Future

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Bill,

I'll have to disagree with your final sentence on two levels.  First, there 
probably aren't more than a few dozen working AN/ART-13's left on the planet 
today.  But there are hundreds if not thousands of T-47's and T-47A's.  I've 
sold half a dozen U-7/U's just since Thanksgiving.  But only one U-9/U.

And in 20 years I expect that the T-47's (or COL-52286's) and T-47A's will 
probably be as popular as they are today and for the same reasons.  They are 
excellent medium power AM/CW transmitters and are often the choice of people who 
can't afford or don't have the space for the high dollar Collins stuff or a 
BC-610 or T-368/URT.  

In a message dated 12/16/2006 11:04:24 PM Central Standard Time, 
wdonzelli at gmail.com writes: 
> >William may be loading his cart at some estate sales, but i doubt that 
> he'd want to buy too many
> >BC-1000's at the future equivalent of this years $1050 or the $4500+ paid 
> for a German FuB1
> >2-watt sender-receiver.
> 
> Right, yes. I think in 20 years time the German WW2 stuff will retain
> its value, plus a select few of the Allied sets (BC-1000, BC-611,
> BC-348, maybe Command Sets, AN/PPN-1 &2, EE-8s (if the supply ever
> dries up), and BC-654s). Note most are ones reenacters would want.
> 
> 20 years from now, I would be willing to bet that a TBK will be worth
> more in scrap metal than in collector value. And that AN/APT-1? If
> someone gave me $20, I would take the money and run. Even something as
> desirable as a working AN/ART-13 - dog meat.
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
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