[Milsurplus] RE WW1 surplus

[Mike Feher]

Plentiful in my definition implies that if a less than serious collector would like to have one, they can find one. Of course, all serious collectors have them already, and, maybe even went on to rarer stuff. I still have a BC-14A and a BC-15A and even a French type A from which the BC-14 and BC-14A were essentially copied. I have had at least dozen BC-14As, and maybe close to about 6 BC-15s throughout my collecting endeavors, and of ocurse could have had more, but, I had more than enough. At one time I had all of the different manufacturers of the BC-14A which was neat. 73 - Mike

Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell, NJ, 07731
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-----Original Message-----
From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Michael Tauson
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 5:19 PM
To: Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] RE WW1 surplus

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Mike Feher <n4fs at eozinc.com> wrote:
> On the other hand, all BC-15As as far as I know were
> manufactured only by the "Connecticut Telephone and Electric Company". In
> spite of that, they are still very plentiful. 73 - mike

Hmmm ... define "plentiful".  :-)

Seriously, it would be fun to assemble a rig from these even if I have
to do a lot of repair etc work to do so.  While the FCC might cast a
stink eye my way were I to fire up the Tx, they would look very nice
sitting next to an operational 1920s rig during, say, an AWA event.

It's actually the planned 1920s & 1930s rigs that raised the question
in the first place.  Just as surplus influenced a lot of shacks after
WW II, I can't help but believe it did after WW I as well, not just
equipment from the war but afterward up to the build up prior to WW
II.  Even equipment like the Model B-based SCR-A*-183s could have
easily fallen into that category since they were replaced starting
around 1934 with the Model D-based equipment.

*sigh* ... another "quest" ... I never learn, do I.  :-)

best regards,

Michael, WH7HG
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Hiki Nô!
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