[Milsurplus] Military Radios - LA County Estate - auction or scrap?

[Nick England]

Thanks for the info, Ken.
Very helpful.
Nick

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 1:09 AM Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
wrote:

> To the right of that first photo are a BC-779 and an SX-28 sitting on the
> floor.
>
> BTW, the T-350XM had a separate audio preamp box somewhat like the audio
> preamp of
> the BC-610. The T-350XM had a built in 110/220 VAC 60 Hz power supply in
> the bottom
> section, a built in shock-mounted VFO, and the IPA stages were all 807s,
> while the finals
> are a pair of 813s, it covered 1.5 through 20 mHz. the top section houses
> a first-rate
> antenna coupler. I have a photo here somewhere of an entire room full of
> those at an Army
> comm base somewhere.
>
> I was given one by MARS when I was in that organization many years ago.
> Mine was
> absolutely brand-new. The cabinet that particular T-350XM is installed in
> is the original
> cabinet, by the way.
>
> It is a truly beautifully designed and built transmitter and actually
> quite rare.
>
> I would have NO IDEA what it might be worth though, since so few people
> even know of it.
>
> There is someone in Oregon, whose info I have saved here somewhere, who
> collects all the
> parts of those he can find. I think he has several complete ones.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
> On 11 Aug 2018 at 12:27, Nick England wrote:
>
> >
> > Below is an odd but interesting request - if you can help evaluate the
> gear in person, please
> > contact Sean directly. If you have an opinion, please email Sean
> directly and copy the list, or
> > send to me and I'll pass it on. Mostly I am curious as to what you guys
> think. These guys
> > evidently auction off stuff seized by the cops, etc. I have put the
> photos that he sent me at
> > http://www.navy-radio.com/misc/lax/
> >
> > In the photos I can see one or more AN/FGC-1 which was an early Western
> Electric FSK
> > converter. Also, one or more SCR-562 (BC-639 + BC-640) with "Air
> Ministry" tags. Also a couple
> > of Hallicrafters and Hammarlund receivers. I don't know what some of the
> other stuff might be,
> >
> > Nick England K4NYW
> > Chapel Hill NC
> > www.navy-radio.com
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Sean Fraley <sfraley at cwsams.com>
> > Date: Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 5:53 PM
> > Subject: Navy Radio - LA County Estate
> > To: "nick at navy-radio.com" <nick at navy-radio.com>
> >
> > Hi Nick,
> > I enjoyed browsing your website.  Thank you for all of the information
> there.  My name is Sean
> > Fraley, and I represent the County of Los Angeles, CA regarding an
> estate which contains a lot
> > of radio teletype and other radio equipment.  They have sent me a few
> photographs and asked if
> > there is any value to the items, the answer being I really don´t have
> any idea.
> >
> >  Would you be able to put me in contact with someone who could assist me
> with determining if
> > these items have any value, and to whom they might?  The County is
> trying to make the
> > determination as to whether the items are worth moving to their estate
> auction facility.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > Sean Fraley
> > CWS Marketing Group Inc
> > 10231 Slater Avenue
> > Suite 109, Fountain Valley, CA
> > O 571-364-7331
> > C 714-264-5740 cell
> > E sfraley at cwsams.com
> > W cwsmarketing.com
> >
>
>
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