[Milsurplus] PE-237

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Actually, why do any of us collect any of this antique junk?  I can hold my 
cell phone straight out at arms length with my left hand.  I tried that with a 
complete AN/GRC-9A but couldn't quite get my arms around all of it.  :-)

But the real answer to your question is that Korean War vintage radios have 
only relatively recently been seen as old enough by a significant fraction of 
either MV or MIL Radio collectors to be worth fooling with.  Ten years ago, you 
almost literally couldn't give it away to most collectors.  Vietnam War gear 
seems to have come out of that stage a little more quickly, perhaps in part 
because of the Government's efforts to destroy more of it.

In a message dated 11/8/2006 9:39:28 PM Central Standard Time, 
windy10605 at juno.com writes: 
> Hit the send key too soon.............
> 
> Why is there such an interest in a PE-237 power supply ? They are incredibly 
> heavy for just a 6V/12V/24V DC vibrator Power Supply for the BC-1306 and 
> GRC-9. A DY-88 power supply does the same thing and is smaller/lighter and the 
> DY-105 works great if you only need 24VDC input. Is it the historical aspect 
> because the PE-237 was first (late WWII vintage and Korea) ?  

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