[MRCA] [HarrisRadio] Dayton Hamvention 2022

Mon May 23 17:40:35 EDT 2022

It had been struck by lightening too

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I know by the time I found out about it on Friday afternoon I went looking
for it but it was gone so must have been sold. Good thing though because a
couple years back I tried to get into that technology and there were lots of
issues including multipole parts that somehow were unattainable. Think I
will stick with the Harris stuff.
Think much like the Falcon radios it appears to be one of those menu driven
only radios and I still prefer to have knobs. Speaking of that apparently
three people complained to the Hamvention committee about the problem of
knob theft, don't know what they wanted the Hamvention committee to do?
Maybe search ever person leaving the gates?

Ray F/KA3EKH

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I saw that GRC-215 system and the seller would have sold it for $200 as he
didn't want to bring it back.  I would have taken it except did not have the
capability of moving it.  It did have some problems.  the control head had
burned traces on the motherboard which were caused by a "nearby lightning
strike."  Now that makes me really wonder if the system had other more
serious issues because getting internal serious damage from lightning is
seldom limited to one particular assembly.

The rack was a really nice one on heavy duty casters, definitely worth $200
by itself.  In it were the PA, amp power supply, pre/post filter,
receiver/exciter and a telephone modem.  Some but not all cables were there
so it would be a bit of work before you could get the whole thing to the
point where you could test for any other failures.

Peter

On 5/23/2022 2:43 PM, Scott McGrath wrote:
> Wish i had been there - however i dont think the GRC-215 would have 
> fit in a piper Comanche and even if it did weight and balance would 
> have been interesting to say the least
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>
> Sounds stupid but somehow I think both. Saw command sets for $20 to
> $100 depending on condition, Viking 2 for $50 with manual, several
> BC-348 and 342 prices ranging between $40 and $200 several RF-350K 
> transceivers lots of R-390A receivers and saw two Harris 5000/5020 
> that sold for $750.00 each, other stuff like PRC-104 sets were high, 
> like $1,400 but don't think they sold. Can tell you that if you're 
> paying attention I bought that rackmount
> RF-280 for what I am selling the old one for. The person with me at my 
> space sold most of his stuff by Friday afternoon. Sales were slower on 
> Saturday but still stuff was selling.
>
> A interesting story, it had rained all night and Friday morning. 
> Before we set up there was much concern that with two R-390 receivers, 
> a 1051 Navy radio and a bunch of other heavy stuff the table legs 
> would sink into the mud. First thing in the morning obtained two 
> Motorola Micors for free to put under the table legs.
>
> Bernie did not sell either of the R-390A receivers, think they were 
> priced at
> $500 and $700 but there were a ton of people there selling R-390A
receivers.
>
> There was also a GRC-215 Pacer Bounce 1 kW system, exciter receiver, 
> amplifier, power supplies and rack that sold for $500, I never saw it 
> being it was gone by the time I went looking for it.
>
> Ray F/KA3EKH
>
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