[Milsurplus] Shipbreaking stats 2016

[radioman390 at cs.com]

I have noticed that a lot of pro-grade HF receivers are showing up on EBay, from Singapore, HK, and Bangladesh.
I bought an Japan Radio NRD-92 for $700 but had to pay $250 for shipping to NY.
Anritsus are also showing up. Good radios, except that per ITU regulations, they mostly do not have LSB on the mode switch.
All marine comms are USB mode.
You can still receive LSB, but you have to inject the carrier with BFO.
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KD2BXA

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom B <tbryan at nova.org>
To: Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com>; Milsurplus <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thu, May 10, 2018 6:56 pm
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Shipbreaking stats 2016


    
Hi Hue,
    
In recent years the trend has been to larger containerships      (18,000 - 20,000+ TEUs).  The smaller ones that could not be      deployed in other markets are being scrapped.
    
    
Also, the Chinese have a ship scrapping subsidy program and quite      a few ships have been scrapped under that.  
    
    
Markets are good now so scrapping is down (2018).
    
    
If you want to look up a specific U.S.-flag ship, there is a ship      history database run by MARAD here:
    
https://www.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/ShipList?pageNumber=1&matchFromStart=True
    I assume that the radio equipment is being sold or scrapped    overseas.  
    
    Tom Bryan
    N3AJA
    
    
On 5/10/2018 6:00 PM, Hubert Miller      wrote:
    
    
                        
        
As a surplus hound from way back, I've          always been interested also in photos and stories of junked          ships and planes
        
and maybe tanks. Anyway I was copying some          photos from a WSJ article from 2016, and saw this:
        
"Mr. Sharma said the typical age for          recycling a ship is 30 years. This year the average age of          ships getting scrapped is
        
about 15 years".  
        
"About 1000 ships…will be dragged onto          beaches, cut into pieces, and sold for scrap metal this year"           ( 2016 ).
        
 
        
I do not know if the upturn in the economy          has changed the situation. I expect this churn rate has held          pretty steady.
        
Lots of interesting stats in that article.
        
-Hue 
      
      
    
    
  
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