[Milsurplus] Fwd: TDE @ Apex Electronics

[Ian Wilson]

Forwarding for Jason:



Ian, Please forward this to the milsurplus list (as I'm not
subscribed) and any other interested parties.

I had planned to specifically NOT go to Apex on my day off today,
though I needed to go to that general neighborhood to rummage through
a(n automotive) junkyard for some late model Ford bits.

Then I saw the message below. ;)

The younger guy who's behind the counter most of the time said they
wanted "around $300" for it, but the head guy (who's name I can never
remember... I want to call him Dennis) said that the guy up front was
badly mistaken, and that he wanted $500 firm.

As can be seen from the  crappy phone pics,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kf6pqt/  its a little rough. Supposedly
it got trucked in from somewhere else, and hadn't been in the Apex
yard for the last half century. I would have begrudgingly offered $200
cash for it, but I knew that would have been an act of futility, so I
didn't even bother. It has the 230V DC power supply anyway, and not he
115V single-phase AC one.

Heck, it looks like it weighs as much as a BC-610, takes up MORE
space, puts out WAY less RF, and is even more difficult to power up.
Why in the heck would I want it? (yes, we'll keep telling ourselves
this, and thats its NOT rarer and cooler than a BC-610....)

I did however, get a bandswitch from a BC-375 and a 304TL marked
"gassy" for $25.  THESE are some of the reasons why I try to avoid
that place! ;)

73,
Jason kf6pqt



On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Ian Wilson<ianmwilson73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have resisted this, since I don't have much boatanchor space left.
> It is reminiscent
> of the GO-9, and I regret parting with the HF unit from one of those.
>
> Jason KF6PQT, on the other hand, lives close to Apex, has useful wheels, and I
> think he still has a little space left.....
>
> 73, ian K3IMW
>



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