[Milsurplus] NOS In Box TCS Receiver- Very Cool!

[J. Forster]

It could have spent a decade or so in a pile in the direct AZ or TX sun. A
bake at 150F or mote.

Best,

-John

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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
>
>> I'll add that if I needed any more TCS receivers, I wouldn't pay
>> much over
>> $50 for one in an unopened crate.  I have opened too many crates or
>> sealed
>> boxes only to find the contents in very poor condition.
>
> I've had a similar experience.  Many years ago, I bought an estate
> that had
> several BC-211s in sealed cartons, including the "air-tight bag" (the
> kind
> with the red foil on the inside of rubberized canvas).  I can't
> remember
>  if I sold two or three of them.  One of the fellows was excited
> about being the first to open the box and I heard back from him
> when he did.  It seems many years in storage which was not
> climate-controlled had taken their toll.  The paint and plates were
> great,
> but plastic parts were discolored and warped.  The plastic had
> "outgassed"
> and caused problems with surfaces.  Controls were frozen solid.
> He wouldn't take a full refund but we worked out compensation.
> I don't know if he ever got it recovered.  I had one unopened
> remaining and,
> when I opened it, I found the same problems.  It's still out in the
> shed somewhere.
> I never heard from  the others so I hope they had better luck.
> We were both disappointed in our "new in crate" freq meter.
>
> 73 Dave S.
>
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