[Milsurplus] R-649A Coast Guard Receiver parts available gratis.

[Edward Greeley]

Good evening all,

Last week (I think it was) there was a thread running about a different 
subject but which mentioned the R-649 as a sort of side issue. That 
reminded me that 20 - 25 or so years ago I bought five or six R-649s 
from the DRMO at Griffiss AFB, NY. IIRC, the units had been removed from 
Coast Guard Station Sodus Point (?) on Lake Ontario. The units were in 
so-so condition and most of them came with a nice power line isolation 
transformer since they were used in a shoreside environment.

I thought I was going to keep the best of the lot for myself and sell 
the rest of them to folks who wanted a so-so general coverage receiver.
Silly me! They were pretty lousy receivers - all of them. I wound up 
giving the things away to get them out of my way. The unit I kept for 
myself became parts after a couple of years. So here's the deal: I have 
the set of IF transformers, the BFO transformer, and the 12 RF coils for 
the front end. I'm not sure if that's all the front end coils or not but 
it must be most of them. I saved the tuning gang too, but haven't turned 
it up yet and may no longer have it. I also have the "R-649A/UR" 
nomenclature plate, for serial number 97, contract number TCG 39599, in 
pretty nice condition, as well as the "Operating Instructions" plate 
that goes on the front panel. I DO NOT have any of the Halliscratchers 
skirted knobs - sorry, traded them off years ago.

This stuff is available to anyone who needs/can use it just for the cost 
of USPS postage from ZIP 36605 - Mobile, AL. Please reply off-list if 
interested.

Ed Greeley