[Milsurplus] Re: RT-68 and such

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Mike,

What you say is still pretty much true of the radios and the AM-65 but 
suddenly about a year ago the mounts became harder to find than FT-237's and 
FT-250's.  It seemed like almost overnight none of us who had always had several of 
each had anything left.  The last MT-299 I had was pieced together with parts 
from one each junker 297, 299 and 300 (each from a different source) and cable 
spares that had been sitting in my storage building for well over a decade.  I 
don't know of anyone I could call tonight or Monday and get one from.  The 
only thing I have left is an MT-298, the largest one of the bunch, and no one 
has ever wanted it.  I'm seriously considering whether it can be turned into two 
MT-300's or not.

The same thing has happened with DM-34, 35 and 37.  Overnight they suddenly 
dried up.

In a message dated 11/10/2006 6:35:44 PM Central Standard Time, 
kk5f at earthlink.net writes: 
> It's very common stuff...on ebay, at hamfests, and at military vehicle 
> collector shows.  Fair Radio carries a bunch.  The mounting racks are sometimes 
> scarce, but even they aren't really hard to find pretty cheap.  Compare that 
> to an FT-237 for the SCR-508/608, which harder than dammit to find.  The 
> MT-300/GR for the AM-65 and RT-70 (AN/VRC-7) seems to go for the highest price, 
> since it is prized by military vehicle types that want a representative radio 
> system installed, but don't want the size and weight of one of the more 
> complex installations.

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