[Milsurplus] Dayton Friday/Saturday

[w8au at sssnet.com]

At 11:13 PM 5/20/2011, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
>I didn't seen anything seriously out of kilter price wise.  It's 2011, not
>1961.  Gasoline last week cost me $3.97/gal, for a 23 gallon fillup, not
>$0.98.  The price of radios has not gone up that much.  Some have 
>fallen.  When
>the AN/URC-35 first hit the surplus market, a complete one went for around
>$5K.

Lots of BA gear and a decent assortment of MIL gear, too.  Prices were
lower than usual this year.  An URC-35 with an extra R-1051 was available
for $1K.   BC-639 receivers, about three, could be had for anywhere from
$35 (no PS) to $75 (w/PS)  Just a couple examples.

Perry  w8au

>In a message dated 5/20/2011 9:58:34 PM Central Daylight Time,
>arc5 at ix.netcom.com writes:
> > I know now why, in 40+ years in this hobby, I've never gone to Dayton.
> > The prices would kill me in 20 minutes! Yeow!  ;-)