[Milsurplus] Way OT -- Rice Boxes

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

In some cases it’s simply a reflection on a world that does not try to repair things. 
It can be something as simple as a loose connector. It all can be a lighting strike 
victim with no economical way to repair. One would *guess* that the loose connector
variants get fixed by somebody in the chain. The lighting victims just keep getting 
re-sold again and again and again. 

What will eventually get most of these rigs are the displays. No matter what the
technology, they simply do not last forever. Once they wear out *and* the supply 
of replacements gets used up …. end of the road. Indeed somebody *might* come
up with some sort of kit for this or that radio. You *could* be one of the luck ones.
For most of them, it’s lights out. Is that a 20 year sort of thing or a 50 year issue?
I’d bet we’ll find out ….

Bob

> On Jan 25, 2018, at 11:36 AM, k2cby at optonline.net wrote:
> 
> As a dyed in the wool hollow state guy I have yet to buy a “modern” transceiver.
> I do regularly watch the eBay lists to see what comes up.
> I am intrigued by the number of Kenwood, Icom, Yaesu, etc. that are offered with the notation “no transmit,” “won’t receive,” “works only above 14 MHz,” and similar comments.
> I thought solid state gear was supposed to have a high reliability factor. What gives?
> Are these rigs impossible to repair? Proprietary or unavailable parts?
>  
> The other thing is that they never seem to be offered for sale with microphones, although I assume that mics were included in the original package. Is there something like a sock drawer for microphones out there somewhere?
>  
> /Miles, K2CBY 
>  
> Miles B. Anderson, K2CBY
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