[Milsurplus] NOS ART-13

[Brian McQueen]

Hue’s comment about narrow audiences hit home and caused me to laugh at myself. I am currently doing a complete restoration right down to new paint in it’s entirety, on a.... 

wait for it....

A BC-640-A!  Am I crazy? Perhaps, but I got the rig when I was twelve, and always admired the battleship construction of it. Over my teen years, I used the power supplies on other projects and it sat. A couple of months ago, I had the chance to replace the units that were robbed, and have since started the restoration. Now 2 mtr AM is not exactly teaming with activity. Especially here in rural Kansas, but I plan to use it on the air to chat with my stepson (W0CLW) who lives twenty miles down the road. At approximately 8lbs. per watt, it is not efficient, antiquated in design, of little use in today’s world, and at six foot tall, it commands notice in a room.

With all that said, I have definitely put in more $$$ into it than 99.9% of hams would approve of. But on the other hand, I’m not getting younger and I can’t take it with me, so why not do so if it pleases me?  And yes, I am quite aware that this not considered normal behavior. I guess that explains the VRC-7 set up I built last year or the GRC-106A the year before, etc.  Everyone marches to their own beat!

73, Brian  WJ0P

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> On Aug 3, 2024, at 2:21 PM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
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> I see sometimes on Ebay something that is unique but there is just not a wide audience that appreciates it. I remember a fixed freqency marine band receiver by P.A.R., Seattle WA. Surely there are one to three people who potentially would be interested enuff to save it, but it's not priced with that reality in mind. So what happened to it, when it didn't sell, at the owner's exalted opinion of its value? Or the military VHF receiver, 1950s, which i had never seen before, and i'm certain you had not, either? Well, my answer is, you can't be Horatio at the Bridge and be there to save everything. 
> I saw an ART-13 at a recent Oregon hamfair. $50 and no sale. In Lesser Oregon you cannot sell an ART-13, RBC, BC-683 etc. at a hamfair.
> Maybe, i'm thinking, a certain % of this material SHOULD  be crunched up or thrown into a volcano cauldera as sacrifice, to make the supply - demand more in balance. The only problem with that is, some last-of-its-kind survivors also get crunched.
> -Hue Miller
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