[Milsurplus] Re: BC-348 data plate needed

[gl4d21a at juno.com]

All,

Am sure this has been speculated on before but just what is this 
penchant for 
removing name plates?
Can't tell you how many stripped boatanchors I've had/seen over the 
years.   
Are there guys out there whose "thing" is collecting these?   Do they 
bid on 
equipment on eBay (for ex) just to get the tag?   Maybe there's 
secret 
reflector somewhere on the web where they gloat over recent   finds 
and make 
trades 
back and forth ("Just snatched the tag off a NOS R390, I'll give you 
a TBW 
HF 
section for two of your BC-191s, etc...").

Anyway, big mystery to me.

Dennis D. W7QHO
Glendale, CA

Dennis:

I think I have posted on this before, please forgive the repetition:

I can't speak for anywhere else, but here in central Texas, there was 
so much corruption in the MARS program that no one knew which 
equipment was legitimately issued and which was "acquired".  Being 
afraid of the government enforcers, guys removed all identification 
from everything they had figuring that having it repossesed for lack 
of documentation beat 20 years in Leavenworth hands down.  And, I 
think a strong case of clinical paranoia was a prerequisite for 
belonging to MARS anyway.

I, on the other hand, had been involved in inventory correlation at 
one time, and knew that there was no reliable list of serial numbers 
of anything buy really high value or crypto gear.  

HTH
73,
George
W5VPQ
Who is restoring a Canadian RCA TE149 with the S/N vandalized.  
Hmmmm, not confined to Texas.



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