[Milsurplus] Portland OR. AN/URC-32 and AN/WRT-2

[Nick England]

> Look complete from photos I saw. If you have advice about how to
> disassemble the WRT-2, act quickly.
> Contact Marco
> mzdataservices at gmail.com
>
> I know nothing more.
>
> Nick England K4NYW
> Chapel Hill NC
> www.navy-radio.com
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Marco R <mzdataservices at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, May 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
> Subject: Re: I came across some radios...
> To: Nick England <nick at navy-radio.com>
>
>
> Hi Nick, Thanks for the reply!
> Small world, I was the one who "won" the Facebook Marketplace race, the
> URC-32 is now in my warehouse aka garage.
>
> The WRT-2 definitely looked older/harder to cable, we could not move it
> and we tried to disassemble it unsuccessfully.
>
> Thanks for sharing my contact info with your mailing list, I'm happy to
> facilitate shipping to anyone interested in this kind of equipment.
>
> Marco Rizzi
>
>
> On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 4:09 AM Nick England <nick at navy-radio.com> wrote:
>
>> Yesterday someone on a ham radio email list posted a link to the Facebook
>> Marketplace photos of that WRT-2 and URC-32. Several folks commented that
>> they wished they lived closer. I don’t know whether anyone was seriously
>> interested or not.
>>
>> As I recall, the WRT-2 takes 3-phase power which most people don’t have,
>> so it’s not very sought after except by a really serious/crazy collector or
>> museum. I wouldn’t mind having one but I am 3000 miles away!
>>
>> The URC-32 will run off 115v single phase and I know a number of people
>> who have restored and operate them, including me.
>>
>> I have scans of the manuals for both on my website.
>>
>> I’ll let people know to contact you for the units or components.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Nick England K4NYW
>> Chapel Hill NC
>> www.navy-radio.com
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM Marco R <mzdataservices at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Nick,
>>> I own a small electronics recycling company near Portland Oregon and I
>>> recently came across some old radios. A google search brought me to
>>> your website, could you tell me if anything in the attached pictures
>>> could be interesting for you or in general?
>>> (I took pictures and plan to go back to my customer next week if
>>> anything is worth something, we could not figure out how to remove the
>>> components from the rack)
>>>
>>> I also have a complete(?) AN/URC-32 with rack and cabling that we were
>>> able to disassemble and transport/
>>>
>>> thanks in advance for your kind response
>>> Marco Rizzi
>>
>>
>>> --
>>> Marco Rizzi
>>> Data Erasure Specialist
>>> MZ Data Services LLC
>>> mail: mzdataservices at gmail.com
>>> Web: www.mzdataservices.com
>>>
>>
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