[Milsurplus] Is "Big/Heavy" Mil-Radio Dead?

Sun Sep 16 22:46:35 EDT 2018

Peter has just about nailed it but it has been going on for more then just a few years so it is a pretty broad cusp!  Sometimes it isn't even a question of shipping.  Several years ago, I brought five or so BC-348s to Belton, TX and didn't sell any.  Absolutely no interest, not one offer.  I did sell a few hallicrafter receivers and a few other odds and ends. 
More recently, hauled a HRO-60 complete with all 9 matching coil sets, wood boxes for the coil sets and matching speaker.  Luckily found an interested buyer late in the day.  There were other pieces and odds and ends but I forget what else sold, perhaps one or two of the above BC-348s?  The big Bendix RTA-1 airlines / military transceiver aka AN/ARC-9 didn't sell and I doubt I will bother trying again.  No need to rough it up if there is no interest.
I'll try again this October at Belton with a mix of overhauled and working receivers and a few as found of the more common hallicrafters and other commercial and consumer radios.  
Anyone else planning to go to Belton, TX?Jim I wonder why people argue over the 10% of their differences and ignore the 90% they agree on?

      From: Peter Gottlieb <kb2vtl at gmail.com>
 To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net 
 Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 8:39 PM
 Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Is "Big/Heavy" Mil-Radio Dead?

The market is on a cusp of change, a combination of older enthusiasts trying to 
downsize and having limited incomes, shipping costs very high, new young hams 
not so interested in restoring or getting running old WWII gear and certainly 
not pay top dollar for it when shipping is concerned.  So now sellers realize 
they can't get much, so they decide it's not worth selling, until one day it all 
goes to a landfill.  This is unlikely to change IMHO.  Some will give to friends 
but for shipping there has to be some cleverness; I like the hamfest route, 
haven't tried Greyhound but sounds interesting as an alternative to the other 
carriers.

On 9/16/2018 1:47 PM, W2HX wrote:
>
> I didn’t get the idea that he was having trouble shipping it. I got the 
> impression he was having trouble finding a buyer. I am sure greyhound would be 
> a good solution if only there was someone willing to buy it.
>
> 73 Eugene W2HX
>
> *From:*milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On Behalf Of *Meir Ben-Dror WF2U
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 16, 2018 1:34 PM
> *To:* David Stinson; ARC-5; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Milsurplus] Is "Big/Heavy" Mil-Radio Dead?
>
> Davie,
>
> Why don’t you try Greyhound?  Their prices are still reasonable for radio-size 
> and weight freight. They don’t treat freight harshly.
>
> The downside is that shipments go to the recipient’s nearest full service 
> Greyhound depot, and the freight has to be picked up from there. Likewise, the 
> shipment has to be dropped off at the nearest full-service depot – not just at 
> a stop.
>
> 73, Meir WF2U
>
> Landrum, SC
>
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>
> *From: *David Stinson <mailto:arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> *Sent: *Sunday, September 16, 2018 1:11 PM
> *To: *ARC-5 <mailto:arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net 
> <mailto:milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject: *[Milsurplus] Is "Big/Heavy" Mil-Radio Dead?
>
> It has always been harder to "pass along" big,
>
> heavy
>
> military radios.  However, with the obscene
>
> increases
>
> in shipping costs and the rapid aging of the
>
> mil-radio
>
> community (with its decrease in disposable
>
> income),
>
> have we reached a "tipping point" where things
>
> like ARC-2, RAK/RAL, the big Nationals and about
>
> any other
>
> set that comes in over 30 lbs will become almost
>
> impossible
>
> to move?
>
> I have a nice, working/original (save one small
>
> capacitor value increase) AN/ARC-2A with dyno and
>
> 30+ watts out (with 27V A+).  Not the slightest
>
> interest
>
> within a couple of hundred miles.  Have a solid
>
> wooden
>
> shipping crate for it, but is anyone really so
>
> interested
>
> as to pay the "king's ransom" needed to ship it?
>
> And I've noted, on some of the local "trader"
>
> nets,
>
> that "big heavy" everything is getting harder
>
> to "re-home."  The last several hamfests I've
>
> attended, most everything "heavyweight" went
>
> back home with the owner, despite attractive
>
> pricing in some cases.
>
> Is "big/heavy" over?  Will we be forced to send
>
> the heavyweights to the scrap yard?
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> GL OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S
>
> "You're always working at the margins
>
> of what you don't understand.
>
> That's the only exhilarating place to be.
>
> To just illustrate what you already know
>
> is condescending and a waste of your time."
>
> --Emmet Godwin--
>
>
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