[MRCA] SCR-178/179 Query

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Jeep,

Unless you really want to try to do a complete SCR-178  (SCR-179 would be 
harder - first you have to find a mule), my recommendation, since you didn't 
mention having any of the really hard to find parts (chests and generator) would 
be to pass the pieces on to people trying to complete or improve a set.  I know 
of, for example, two people looking for BX-4's and did know one in 
Switzerland looking for a BC-188.  But it depends upon where you want your collection to 
go.

In a message dated 9/1/2007 4:21:48 PM Central Daylight Time, 
Jeepp at comcast.net writes: 
> 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
> 

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