[Milsurplus] [RCA] SRR-13 Article

[Hubert Miller]

The equipments you gave as examples, how often might you expect to encounter them offered on the market?

When i used to bid at militaria auctions, pre-internet, the term “uncommon” was a regular descriptor.  I believe the same terms might apply to stamp collecting. 

You have never heard of the Gunnery Range Transceiver 8D-3 because, they are “rare”. Actually, probably into “very rare”. 

I think my BC-224-C example works. You’ll see another BC-224-C in one to three years, if not in person, at least on Epay. 

The BC-224-A, if you see one there, it will be a memorable occasion. 

( Last one went for $1500+, this with an incorrect replacement nameplate,  a few years ago. )

( I don’t think i have ever, myself, seen a BC-224-B, and i don’t know the production history, if any, of it, so i hesitate to speculate on its numbers today. )

How’s this work for “uncommon” :  “I don’t like the condition. I’ll wait until i see the next one. It might be a while, but they come up every so often.”
But yes, these aren’t terms that have numeric precision; they’re a little squishy. 

I don’t think i said these terms are specific to venue. “Uncommon” means “not commonly seen, but not rare”, in any venue that speaks English. 

-H M 

 

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HM

Try as might, I can find no antique's related definition for "uncommon" but an antique's related definition for "rare" was a snap.  I do find how you have mixed antique and hamfest together interesting although I don't see the connection.  Rare or uncommon should not depend on the location or venue.  I would think the bottom line is either how many items were produced or how many have survived.  Low numbers of either would be rare by my way of thinking and by default, uncommon as well.

 

I am not all that familiar with the MAB, DAV and have never heard of the Bendix 8D-3 walkie-talkie.  I have little interest in Navy equipment, my main interest is in aircraft radio sets, especially the early frequency synthesized transceivers made by RCA, Collins and some HF green or grey radios of the same era.  Of course there are exceptions, notably Navy 1950's era HF radios made by RCA!

 

In your opinion, would you define the hallicrafters SX-10, DD-1 dual diversity and the AN/ARC-21 as uncommon or rare?  The first two had production runs in the low hundreds, the ARC-21 was produced in the thousands but few seem to have survived.

Jim

 

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