[TenTec] How much for an Orion III?

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

Very true.  I have a KWM-2A, matching AC and matching DC supplies, SM-1 
Collins mike, a complete crystal pack and the 30L-1 amplifier along with the 
Samsonite cases with keys for these babies.  All were MARS issues.

I sold my other Collins station, 32S-1, 75S-3B and 516 power supply & 
Speaker and 30L-1 and SM-1 mike. With the original manuals, on the Collins 
Collector Scale it was about a 7 or 8.  I wish I had the original boxes and 
I could have likely doubled the prices I received.  The final price, piece 
by piece, was considerably more than expected.  Hated to see it go but sure 
made me smile when I saw all that money in the account.

73
Bob, K4TAX




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Lowman" <jmlowman at sbcglobal.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] How much for an Orion III?


>I doubt that there was a MARS station that didn't sport some Collins gear, 
>especially the venerable KWM-2.
>
> Uncle Sam was known for buying the best, and trained lots of us the keep 
> the electronics running for what companies today would consider to be past 
> the end-of-life dates.
>
> 73 de Jim - AD6CW
>
> On 4/11/2014 11:02 PM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
>> Ray, I followed you in agreement, right up to the last bullet.
>> It wasn't the "plenty of hams" willing to pay the price but rather Uncle 
>> Sam
>> that put that radio on the map.
>> Sam bought tens of thousands of S-Lines and KWM-2s.
>>
>> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
>> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>>
>>
>
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