[Milsurplus] BC-645 & my memories of G&G

[Verne Anderson]

How about VT-25/10Y & 211/VT-4C tubes for $.30 & 2.25 each.  G & G’s prices were on high side, maybe due to New York location.  
If only you could have had a crystal ball to predict the Audio Fools would pay mucho bucks today.  During 50’s & 60’s a VT-4C new could be had for 75 cents each from some surplus dealers.  Of course in those days most of us were either in Vietnam, school or a job earning $1.25/hr.  Gas was about $30/gal.  Never thought much about the future.

Verne
W6LPM

> On Sep 4, 2017, at 12:18 PM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> Some of those early prices were pretty unrealistic. The SCR-583, what surplus hound was going to pay that ? Or the SCR-284, when other places sold the 
> radio alone, condition all the way from new to used, for $15 - $50 ?  I think when you scale the money  up for today, the BC-645 was not really a bargain,
> especially when you saw what you got, and how ugly the conversions turned out, and how minimally useful. But the dealers had stacks and stacks of them
> to push out. I suppose it was a good bed for some UHF experiments, but less than an ideal "learning kit".  
> -H 
> 
>> If anyone is interested, I have a scanned copy of G & G Catalog No. 67 (Maybe from 1967?).  It is 7.7 MB pdf size; but may be able to reduce the size to make it easier to email to anyone.  
> 
> How about a BC-645 complete package for $26.95.  Radio Set SCR-583 complete for $575, SCR-284 set complete for $475.
> 
> The catalog has a lot of detail on each Mil sets for sale.  Great piece of history.
> 
> Verne 
> W6LPM
> 
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