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jakdedert October 8th 03 02:39 AM

It's amazing what people will pay to get the correct speaker for their
vintage boatanchor, isn't it? (Item number: 3050954351)

jak

"David Stinson" wrote in message
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Several interesting items:

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...ms&userid=arc5

Thanks for looking.




Sven Franklyn Weil October 8th 03 03:02 AM

In article , jakdedert wrote:
It's amazing what people will pay to get the correct speaker for their
vintage boatanchor, isn't it? (Item number: 3050954351)


Wasn't the speaker usually an add-on option at extra cost? That would
probably make it much more rare than the radio, right?

I'm guessing most boatanchor users either used whatever speaker they
had lying around or a pair of cans (earphones).

--
Sven Weil
New York City, U.S.A.

Sven Franklyn Weil October 8th 03 03:02 AM

In article , jakdedert wrote:
It's amazing what people will pay to get the correct speaker for their
vintage boatanchor, isn't it? (Item number: 3050954351)


Wasn't the speaker usually an add-on option at extra cost? That would
probably make it much more rare than the radio, right?

I'm guessing most boatanchor users either used whatever speaker they
had lying around or a pair of cans (earphones).

--
Sven Weil
New York City, U.S.A.

Jeffrey D Angus October 8th 03 03:22 AM



Sven Franklyn Weil wrote:
Wasn't the speaker usually an add-on option at extra cost? That would
probably make it much more rare than the radio, right?

I'm guessing most boatanchor users either used whatever speaker they
had lying around or a pair of cans (earphones).


Hams are notoriously cheap. They hate paying extra for stuff they
can scrounge out of the trash. Even if it ends up looking like
they scrounged everything out of the trash.

SnapOn has the same problem with thier big roll cabinets. People
buy the bottom cabinet, or the top box, but not at the same time.
Then there isn't the matching box later when they run out of room.

Jeff

--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
Tara Morice as Fran, from the movie "Strictly Ballroom"


Jeffrey D Angus October 8th 03 03:22 AM



Sven Franklyn Weil wrote:
Wasn't the speaker usually an add-on option at extra cost? That would
probably make it much more rare than the radio, right?

I'm guessing most boatanchor users either used whatever speaker they
had lying around or a pair of cans (earphones).


Hams are notoriously cheap. They hate paying extra for stuff they
can scrounge out of the trash. Even if it ends up looking like
they scrounged everything out of the trash.

SnapOn has the same problem with thier big roll cabinets. People
buy the bottom cabinet, or the top box, but not at the same time.
Then there isn't the matching box later when they run out of room.

Jeff

--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
Tara Morice as Fran, from the movie "Strictly Ballroom"


amp11pleasedontspam October 9th 03 05:54 AM

As a matter of curiousity what is an ARC R-32?

Alan

"David Stinson" wrote in message
...
Several interesting items:

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...ms&userid=arc5

Thanks for looking.




amp11pleasedontspam October 9th 03 05:54 AM

As a matter of curiousity what is an ARC R-32?

Alan

"David Stinson" wrote in message
...
Several interesting items:

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...ms&userid=arc5

Thanks for looking.




David Stinson October 9th 03 01:22 PM

amp11pleasedontspam wrote:

As a matter of curiousity what is an ARC R-32?


It is an aircraft band receiver, covering 108-138 MC,
and is one of the immediate decendants of the famous AN/ARC-5 series
of WWII Command Set Radios.
TNX Dave S.

David Stinson October 9th 03 01:22 PM

amp11pleasedontspam wrote:

As a matter of curiousity what is an ARC R-32?


It is an aircraft band receiver, covering 108-138 MC,
and is one of the immediate decendants of the famous AN/ARC-5 series
of WWII Command Set Radios.
TNX Dave S.


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