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| Bluechip:
National HRO HF Rx. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WW2-NATIONAL-HRO-W-RADIO-RECEIVER-4-COIL-SETS-SPEAKER_W0QQitemZ140344691500QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item20ad320b2c Sold mine in 1970-ish for £5, AND it had 7 coil packs ... this one seems to be minus the Power Pack too ?? Probably about same condition, could be bought new/boxed in the '60's for circa £12/15 .. What a b*gger ... Think he's a bit optimistic though, ... or maybe not. Sulk :( Sulk :( Sulk :( Dave BC |
| John Hill:
Heck, I used to sit in front of racks of those, if I recall correctly they were quite good performers. Later they got replaced by Eddystone 608x's, boy I wish I had a few of those, lousy radios but the cast aluminium boxes would make good tool chests! I do not think his asking price is too optimistic, I recently sold a Collins transmitter (30K5) for about the same. |
| Bluechip:
John Yes, good sets. Used mine to receive the Pirate Pop radio stations we had at the time. Not their intended use, probably. 'Course, the up-market folk got an AR88, but these went for about £20 ish at the time. No idea they were worth so much. About 1966/7 or so, I went into a large Ex-WD warehouse in West London, stacked to the roof with redundant military stuff. Radio's, Test Gear, Mechanical Gunlaying? Computers, Portable Generators, Pumps, Vehicle Engines etc. Clothing, Beds, Furniture... You name it, it was probably there. All new/boxed. The place was frequented by dealers buying up stuff that could be used on civilian trucks, cars, bikes etc.... Heaps of drill bits, cutters, tools. Amazing place. All charged to the taxpayer, of course ::) Not any more ... Dave BC |
| John Hill:
Dave, in about 1975 I sailed on a yacht to Christmas Island (the Pacific Ocean one) which had been the base for nuclear tests by both the US and the UK. We spent a couple of pleasant days opening crates in derilect wharhouses, there was some amazing stuff there including huge quantities of aircraft parts, sadly there was also stacks of unassembled prefabricated buildings that I am sure could have been put to good use on other islands. We never found anything interesting in any crates but we did get some new laundry for the boat and a goodly collection of usefull looking brass nuts and bolts etc, no tools. Perhaps whoever owns the boat now wonders at the RAF crockery onboard. We would have been delighted to have found a motor cycle but no such luck! Of course we were just a couple of guys in a long stream of wandering nautical visitors. The last thing did was fill our 20 gallon fuel tanks with diesel from a huge tank. We heard a few months later that someone after us had felt it not worth their effort to turn off the valve and the rest was wasted. I suppose it is quite possible there were crates of radio gear somewhere. One of my most vivid memories was the ablution blocks at the US base. The walls and roof had long since been blown away but there was a double row of WCs and wash hand basins standing on a concrete pad supported only by their plumbing. |
| GrahamC:
His asking price may be a bit optimistic but collectors being collectors will spend whatever they think is needed to get whatever item they so desperately need. It is a fine looking piece of kit and appears to have been well looked after over the years. Too rich for my pocket book. Old time tube radio prices have skyrocketed in recent years due to their collectability. And another item that surpirsed me was the little electric outboard motors for kids toy boats. When I was a wee lad Dad would buy them for less than a dollar. I have seen some prices on eBay up into the several hundered dollar range. Here is one example http://cgi.ebay.com/Evinrude-Outboard-Battery-Op-Toy-Boat-Motor-1950s_W0QQitemZ230395688254QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadio_Control_Vehicles?hash=item35a4a7353e and at it's current $69 bid is cheap. and for a more extreme example: http://cgi.ebay.com/Toy-Outboard-Model-airplane-Engine-Indian-Silver-Arrow_W0QQitemZ170405103924QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadio_Control_Vehicles?hash=item27acef8934 which is a real running miniature outboard and clear example of collectoritis. I never had the opportunity to use the HRO's but do clearly remember a variety of Eddystones, Racal Ra-17 and Ra-117's cheers, Graham in Ottawa Canada |
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