[Milsurplus] RCA SSB-1

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Jim,

I used SSB-1's back when they were new and in Navy service.  Being used to 
R-390A's, R-1051's, AN/URC-32's, AN/URT-23's, etc. etc. I thought they were junk 
then and 30+ years of fading memories hasn't done anything to change my mind. 
 I thought the same thing then and now about rice boxes, too.  In 36 years of 
hamming, I've owned literally hundreds of military sets versus three Icom 
(two mobile and one HT), zero Kenwood, zero Yaesu, zero any other brand.

So my reason for the brake pad (when I first used them it would have been 
brake shoe) comment was that regardless of vintage, I don't like the damn things.

In a message dated 6/10/2007 4:34:44 PM Central Daylight Time, 
antqradio at sbcglobal.net writes: 
> First off, I don't want to start a "flame war" with anyone, but I just
> don't understand this attitude about the RCA SSB-1 Boatanchor.
> 
> A big, heavy, vacuum state transceiver in what looks to be pretty good
> condition, and it's not worth picking up?
> 
> Seems to me this is the attitude that was prevalent in the late 1970s,
> early 1980s when everyone was going rice box.  Remember that great
> looking R-390 for $45.00 and a R-388 for $25.00 that you passed up at
> Hamfests back then?  Not to mention radios from Hallicrafters, Gonsets,
> SBE and others that most likely went to the dump during that era.
> 
> Using my trusty CPI index, the "buy it now" price of $125.00 is worth
> just over $50.00 in 1980 dollars.  Seems to me to be a bargain then and
> a bargain now.  Breck said that the rig can be VFOed for $20.00 or you
> can go first class with a PLL for $90.00, the perfect solution.
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
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