[Milsurplus] B24 Stuff

[RODNEY HOGG]

Yes, I was the guy who asked Jeff about his dad. 50+ years ago I was dealing in surplus electronics. A broker/buyer for Space Electronics in New York and Bill Slep Electronics. Moved a lot of gear that was surplus from Ft Riley, KS and Schilling AFB at Salina, KS, that the Airforce closed. Tons of stuff was 'tossed' when they shut down. Lots of communications gear and test equipment along with aviation radar. Wish I had kept some of it, Hi. They had 12 Atlas missile sites around Salina they closed and gobs of stuff from them too. 
Jeff.s dad, Bud, is still with us, in his upper '90s. Hadn't contacted him for years after moving into western Kansas. Nice to hook up with Jeff, we may be doing some business, I still have a few pieces of gear to move. 

Rod 
K0EQH 



From: "Nick England" <navy.radio at gmail.com> 
To: "Jeff Kruth" <kmec at aol.com> 
Cc: "Milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 7:49:21 PM 
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] B24 Stuff 

Evidently his Dad was a surplus dealer/trader and this is what’s left over. He wrote me- 
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all this was my fathers stuff, him and his buddies traveled all over the country many many years ago buying up WWII surplus and then reselling it. in fact one of your contacts reached out to me yesterday and asked if i knew a bud wiesendanger, i replied yes, that is my father, the guy who contacted me used to be a broker for a company out of new york buying military surplus and told me he bought lots of stuff from my dad 50 plus years ago 
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I sympathize with him wanting someone to take the whole pile, but don’t know that there’s anyone left besides Fair Radio that would do that. 
It’s the standard SK dilemma these days. 
Nick K4NYW 

On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 8:34 PM Jeff Kruth via Milsurplus < [ mailto:milsurplus at mailman.qth.net | milsurplus at mailman.qth.net ] > wrote: 



I also asked him about several pieces I saw. Particularly an intact APS-13 (he has several). No individual items for sale, instead, the whole lot of 150+ pieces. I asked for a price, no answer, but he did say he was in Kansas. 
I figure a speculator who got an estate and maybe has stars in his eyes. For the buyer, thats a lot of stuff to fetch home from a long ways away. Especially if you do not need it all. 
Maybe a consortium should get together of all interested parties and negotiate collectively. I feel its probably a buyers market. I mean, really, in this day & age, with inflation going thru the roof and gas prices going back up, who has the cash to waste for things you dont need and will take forever to sell off or throw out? 75 year old stuff in unknown condition. Whoever bites the bullet should really inspect before making an offer: what if the boxes you really want are gutted/modded? "Hamified" as my old technician buddy used to say. No tubes maybe. Who knows? I guess if all you need are front panels to fill a flight deck up, it would be OK. 
I doubt Fair Radio would want it unless its a steal, as the market is thin and getting thinner for buyers, esp. with shipping costs so ridiculous these days. That stuff weighs a ton (several tons for that lot) 
The college students I teach could care less about history and WWII equipment...... 
J. Kruth 
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