An Appraisal

[Bruce Sugarberg]

Hi Adam,

I had a Navy NC-100A, which I took to the Dayton Hamvention, (world's biggest
hamfest), and the Rochester, NY, hamfest, (billed as the biggest hamfest in the
NE);
the best offer I was made was $75.00.  People will pay $1000+ for radios made
in the 60's in quantities of 50,000+, most of which are still with us, but put
little value on something that represents a real piece of history, of which
there are comparatively few left,
and fewer each day.

73,

Bruce Sugarberg, WA8TNC
bsugarberg at freewwweb.com



Adam McLaughlin wrote:

> Dear Boatanchor Fans,
>
> I am an eighteen year old college kid who may be looking to "thin the herd"
> before leaving school so I can buy a truck to actually get there. So, I am
> looking around at my pile of stuff looking to see what I can part with to
> raise money for my cause, and I am wondering what this might go for.
>
> I have an RAO-9 receiver that I re-capped and restored. This looks like an
> NC-127 except it is ruggederized for naval use. It weighs about 110 pounds,
> and is made of solid steel. There is no S-meter because this is a CW
> optimized radio. I bought it broken and fixed it up with new caps and the
> parts unit that I got with it, along with the box of un-opened, fungus
> sealed parts that came in the total package. This radio has the yellow
> fungus coating over everything, including the chassis and aluminum front
> panel. This front panel is strange because the rest of the radio is all
> steel construction, while the front panel is aluminum only, although the
> original fungus coating is still visable in spots here.
>
> I have a schematic, and a manual for an RAO-3 which is a close relative of
> this radio. They were so close that I could use the schematic to fix the
> receiver.
>
> There is a legend plate on the side of the radio stating who it was made
> for and when it was made. If memory serves me well it was made in April,
> 1945. There is more there, and if it is important I can haul it out of
> there and look it up...
>
> I am told that in Raymond Moore's new Receiver book you can find a relative
> of this receiver, the RAO-1 through 8 in there. The major difference
> between this radio and mine is that this has an S meter and mine has a few
> more steps in the crystal filter selector.
>
> Anyway, that is as best of a description that I can give of this off of the
> top of my head. Can anybody give me an estimate of what this could go for?
>
> Thanks and Very 73,
>
> Adam
> Adam McLaughlin KD6POC
> KD6POC at JPS.net
> http://www.jps.net/jmclaugh/adam2.htm
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> AIM "Screen Name" is: kd6poc
> "We are the dreamers, and we are the music makers"
>
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