[Milsurplus] WTB: MT-297 radio mount

[Mike Morrow]

> As recently as three or four years ago, you literally couldn't
> give away any of the Korean War vintage stuff.

Maybe it's getting some well-deserved appreciation.  For a set whose design evidently began near the end of WWII, it's a very technically competent series.  It was very state-of-the-art for its era.

I suspect that military vehicle collectors have scooped up a lot of this series.

> It's worth a phone call to Fair but unless they've stumbled across
> any recently, they don't have any.  

I was very surprised a few years ago that they had the large MT-297 for sale, and how little they charged.  What I got was in very nice reconditioned and never re-issued condition.  Fair also had until recently very low prices on that other large mounting, the MT-298/GR for two RT-68 and two PP-109 units.  Perhaps there wasn't much demand.

But Fair has always had much higher prices on the MT-299/GR for the RT-68/PP-109 and the MT-300/GR for the RT-70/AM-65 combo.  I think that was mainly due to demand from folks, especially vehicle collectors, who wanted a radio set from that period, but one that was simple to acquire and assemble.

> If they have one you won't buy it for $40.  :-)

Probably not.  The mounts, as often, will be problematic.  I'd be tempted to take any mount I could get, then acquire the associated components.

Note:  I've seen a couple of NIB MT-327/GR mounts (for R-110, RT-68, PP-109) at area gun shows, but not recently.   Military radio collectors would be wise to visit local gun shows in general.

Mike / KK5F