[Milsurplus] New In Crate 1943 WW II General Electric TAJ-19 US Navy Ship Radio Transmitter !

[Richard]

Ah, yes, but a museum would want it as a donation...

Richard, AA1P

On 9/1/19 7:30 PM, Francesco Ledda wrote:
> It would surely look good in a museum!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 1, 2019, at 17:15, Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1 Sep 2019 at 17:28, Richard wrote:
>>>
>>> These have been around a long time, and the guy thinks he is sitting on
>>> a gold mine.  His price is dropping, realistically I think they could be
>>> sold for $400.
>>>
>>> Richard, AA1P
>>>
>>>> On 9/1/19 4:28 PM, frledda at att.net wrote:
>>>> On ebay: Item 372631081626
>>>>
>>>> Not mine! Looks beautiful!
>> I agree with Richard.
>>
>> Yes.  $400.00 is about what they are worth these days.
>>
>> The frequency range is very limited: 175 Kc to 600 Kc. Hardly useful even on 630 meters.
>>
>> And it uses an 803 as the VFO tube!
>>
>> Output is 500 watts from an ancient 861.
>>
>> I actually tallked with the guy some years ago when he wanted something like $17,000.00
>> for one. I explained all of the above to him.  He has no sense. He wouldn't even listen to me,
>> so I simply didn't bother any longer.
>>
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