[Milsurplus] Auction alert

[Mark K3MSB]

Is Vortex Joe SK or just downsizing?

Mark K3MSB

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 1:29 PM Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu> wrote:

> Speculation is this gear is from the collection of Vortex Joe, N3IBX. This
> all comes from the AMfone Web site, my source for this information.
>
> Ray F/KA3EKH
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth G. Gordon [mailto:kgordon2006 at frontier.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 1:21 PM
> To: Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
> Cc: MilSurplus List <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Auction alert
>
> On 29 Oct 2018 at 14:57, Ray Fantini wrote:
>
> >     I have no affiliation with the seller or auction company and know
> nothing about them but saw
> >     the link. They have several items that may be of interest including
> some BC-348 receivers, a
> >     couple ART-13 transmitters and a ATD along with other assorted Navy
> receivers.
> >     One of the ART-13 transmitters has a home built power supply.
> >
> >     https://www.aarbids.com/servlet/Search.do?auctionId=3029
> >
> >     Don´t know if I will bid on anything or not yet. Sad to see all
> those big prewar Ham transmitters
> >     have so little interest
>
> Thank you for this, Ray. I am very surprised at the number and kinds of
> equipment listed there, and at prices (probably beginning prices) which in
> my opinion are unusually low.
> Perhaps this site is not well-known.
>
> There are couple of errors in the listings. For instance, an item listed
> as a Heathkit SB-640 remote vfo shows several photos of a U.S. Navy
> R-1490/GRR-17 radio, which covers at least from 2 - 30 MHz, AM, CW, SSB,
> and FM, and operates on 115 VAC 50-400 Hz.
>
> I have never heard of this receiver and would like to know a bit more
> about it.
>
> I am especially interested to see so many home brew transmitters from our
> early history.
> Amazing.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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