[Milsurplus] Strong Stomach Needed

[Tom Norris]

On 7/15/09, at 12:30 PM, BOEING377 at aol.com wrote:
>
> The surplus stuff amazingly continues to show up. At our local ham  
> swap last weekend there was an OPERATIONAL PRD 1 HF DF set complete  
> (with top mounted diamond shaped loop and ACPS) that went for $300  
> in really great cosmetic shape. It was playing on batteries. I also  
> saw a dirty but unused RU rcvr with one coil set for $20 that went  
> unbought for hours. A working PRC 74B went for $250. I'd have  
> probably bought it all but I have a self imposed moratorium until I  
> shed some excess gear. That PRD 1 tested my resolution mightily.
>
> 73,
> Mark
> AF6IM

Yea, we need to incourage people, rather than ripping them a new a**  
without even bothering to ask the guy any details about the radio.   
Geesh.  I asked - it was pre-hacked, came with AC supply and speaker  
already there, as well as connectors on front with cut wires, a volume  
pot that led to nowhere, etc.  He got the thing up and running, he  
didn't take a chain saw to it or anything!

I cut my teeth on mil surplus, and it never occurred to me that it  
needed to be "converted" to work, I just hunted until I found a manual  
and schematic and got it going as it was supposed to be.

As for your local swap, we don't even HAVE local swaps any more in the  
Nashville area, much less anything with nifty stuff like that.


Tom NU4G