[Milsurplus] EE-8 Field Phone Questions

[jcoward5452 at aol.com]

Maybe worth a bit more if the leather is in good condition,i.e. fairly 
straight and not all wrinkled up and shrunk to the point they can't be 
buttoned up.These are most likely pre war and early war "A" models. I 
have some in shabby leather,very good canvas, and some in shellaced or 
varnished canvas that look good but shrunk to the point of not 
buttoning up.Also check the handset cords as these tend to get crumbly 
in adverse conditions.The cords do still turn up NOS on occasion.Most 
of the time these still work fine.Manuals are available too.Most I've 
come accross go for $30 to $50 or more a pair,and that's ePlace 
prices.BTW these are easy to test.2D cells each and some speaker wire 
across the kitchen table should do it!
Enjoy! You'll want a BD-77 or -78 next, once you get the field phone 
bug!(Fair Radio has various lengths of wire available too.)
 Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: jfor at quik.com
To: Wireless-Set-No19 at yahoogroups.com
Cc: armyradios at yahoogroups.com; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 5:57 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] EE-8 Field Phone Questions

I came across a pair of EE-8 field phones in an estate I'm helping the
widow redistribute, but rather than being in the OD canvas case, common
in WW II, these are in medium tan leather cases.

Does anyone know if they were pre-war or just an alternate to the
canvas? Also, are the leather cased ones worth more, the same, or less?

Thanks,
-John

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