[Milsurplus] For Sale: Ratty R-23A/ARC-5 and MT-7A/ARR-2

[Gordon Smith]

Hi All,
I was at one of my local salvage places last week and spied a ratty 
R-23A/ARC-5 and MT-7A/ARR-2 assembly. I hated the thought of it being 
thrown into the dumpster, so I bought it purposely to pass along to 
someone who may need it.

The Good: It's mostly all there. Tubes are there, Dynamometer still 
attached, front electrical connector attached (cord cut just ahead of 
it), right hand tuning cable cut also so that mechanism is probably good
The Bad: It's been sitting out in the desert for like 20 years, so 
paint is faded, a little rust on the steel parts, dust everywhere, 
and people kicked it around. Little dents and dings ALL around it, 
most of them fixable
The Ugly: The connector box at the back of the MT-7A has a large dent 
in it. It's fixable, but one of the connectors is tweaked too much 
and I don't think the connector  can be repaired.

This is a parts unit to the right person. I'd like $30 for it (which 
is what I paid for it) + shipping. If that's too much, please let me 
know. Pictures are available upon request. At worst, this is a good 
unit for the Ham crowd to make a Q5'er out of and not hack a really 
good condition R-23A.

73, Gordon KJ6IKT