[Milsurplus] RT-68/GRC: The Saga Ends (sort of)

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Mike is correct about a general lack of interest in the Korean War vintage FM 
sets among the military radio collectors, although that has changed a little 
bit in the past couple of years.  And there once was a time (fairly recently 
even) when you could literally not give the mounts away.  But roughly 12-18 
months ago, suddenly no one had any of them anymore.  Although you might still if 
you are insanely lucky find the occasional rice burner ham at a hamfest 
paying someone to haul one off, in general if you need one and find one you can 
expect to pay as much as you would for an FT-237 or FT-253.  This happened almost 
overnight.  And it's the old story of I wish I had bought all I could find 
when they were considered trash.

In a message dated 2/2/2007 6:12:54 PM Central Standard Time, 
kk5f at earthlink.net writes: 
> Jim wrote:
> 
> >...a monster has been born. Run while you can!
> 
> I see the ultimate system combo, the AN/GRC-7 (AM-65, C-375, C-433, C-435, 
> C-435, MT-297, PP-112, PP-282(2), R-110, RT-68, RT-70) in your future!
> 
> Because there isn't much interest in this gear by traditional military radio 
> collectors, most of it is easy and economical to accumulate.  The mounts are 
> always the most sought components.  Military vehicle collectors will give 
> the most competition for this type of gear.
> 
> 

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