[MRCA] SCR-178/179 Query

[Doran Platt]

It appears that I have acquired a complete (?) and rather excellent 
physical condition SCR-178 or 179.  That is, I have a BC-186 receiver, a 
BC-187 transmitter, a BC-188 modulator, and a BX-4 battery box and cable 
set.  It also appears that someone was going to re-build/re-wire the 
transmitter in that the limited, below-chassis point-to-point wiring has 
been removed.  All components, meters, knobs, are present, however, with 
the exception of the screen + and - and key jacks on the front panel 
that have been removed.  Again, all appears to be there internal 
component-wise.  Looking at the schematics pasted inside each cabinet, 
the gear does not appear to be complex.  If I decide to restore the tx,  
it appears all I'll need to find are the missing jacks.

My quandary is whether to proceed and get this gear, parlay for 
something else, or put it on the shelf as a "non-ops" relic.  Can anyone 
give me a clue as to what, exactly, I have here?  By that I mean is it 
worth the trouble and was this a good find?  A few years back I found a 
NIB (yes, NIB) complete RU/GF system in the original Navy shipping 
containers, ready for installation in an SNJ aircraft.  I traded it for 
a like-condition BC-375, etc. and neither of us have regretted the exchange.

Any comments or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.  de Jeep/K3HVG