[Milsurplus] AN/MRT-9 RADIO COMMUNICATION SHED TRANSMITTER RECIVER SHELTER

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Mark,

If it's any consolation (probably not), the AN/MRT-9 isn't complete, and 
there are items in it that don't belong to it.  Just off the top of my head, 
missing are one T-368 and one R-390..  Excess are one CV-31 and one SP-600.

I'll mention also, if anyone wants it or even needs parts, that I have one 
CV-31/TRA-7 available.  Untested.

In a message dated 11/01/2011 22:33:17 PM Central Daylight Time, 
nf6x at nf6x.net writes: 
> On Oct 27, 2011, at 4:41 PM, John Hutchins wrote:
> >Group -
> >Looks like the MRT shelter sold
> >http://www.ebay.com/itm/220874493229?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&
> _trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
> >Item  220874493229
> >$3,006.00
> >
> >Some one got a happy wife he can go play radio in his own room!
> >Hutch
> 
> 
> That $3006 bid was mine, so I guess I'm the winning loser. Or the losing 
> winner? I didn't expect it to meet reserve, and the seller's terms didn't 
> look very friendly for a guy on the opposite side of the continent to buy the 
> beast without showing up in person, but I threw on the bid just for the 
> heck of it. I'd love to have the shelter and put it back on the air, but 
> $8500, plus freight, plus dealing with loading by remote control with no help 
> from the seller, is just too expensive for me right now. :(
> 
> I do have a weakness for commo shelters complete with the original radio 
> sets inside! I managed to buy a nearly complete AN/GRC-122B from a friend a 
> number of years ago, and it's currently bolted on the back of my HMMWV 
> (which I also had to do a lot of work on to convert it from a cargo truck to a 
> shelter carrier). When I saw this MRT-9 set on eBay, I really started 
> drooling. It's too bad I can't get my hands on it, because I'd keep it intact 
> and put it on the air. I hope it doesn't end up being parted out.
> 
> P.S.: I'm single, so my whole property is 100% man-cave! :)
> 
> -- 
> Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
> http://www.nf6x.net/
> 
> 

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