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

[jcoward5452 at aol.com]

I think this may be due to the Mil vehicle folks putting radios in 
their trucks and jeeps.
Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: WA5CAB at cs.com
To: kk5f at arrl.net; Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] RT-68/GRC: The Saga Ends (sort of)

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.



Robert Downs - Houston
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MVPA 9480
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