My major purchase of radio stuff today

[rob love]

I needed a couple of antennas and mounts for a museum project, and found we were running out. My own collection of these was also almost exhausted. So I headed out to my favorite scrapyard today in search of radio stuff. I collected abotu 25 lower antenna elements as well as about 15 upper antenna elements. Then I was allowed in to a container that I had seen radio stuff in before. It would seem CFB Wpg had sent a lot of the headsets, handsets, cables, AMUs, junction boxes, etc as scrap. There appears to be stuff primarily from the 524 sets as well as 25 set stuff. I saw the word "vincent" on a ocupel items as well. I quickly tired from pulling the stuff out from the shed, and the back of the truck was full. But there are several more loads of stuff to come yet....hundreds of various headsets, and god knows what else is on the bottom rows of bins.

I am not a radio nut. I like to have an antenna on my restored vehicles, and a radio in place, but I really am not concerned if the radios ever operates or not. But I know some of you are radio nuts. There are a lot of things here I never dealt with in my service career, so I wouldn't mind IDing some of it.

So without further delay, some photos of today's haul.

[rob love]

More shots of bins of stuff. As well some trays and antenna mounts I picked up from in the field. It is getting near the end of these. Kolten has dibs on four of the adapter plates.

[rob love]

Here are some shots of some antenna kits. They have the old 19 set/C42 type copper antennas in them which is why I grabbed them. They also each some with a long tape measure, and some little reels of steel cable. I am guessing these were used with a sputnik type mast?

As well, some shots of the antennas I picked up from the fields. Still a few more out there...I am going to need more for all these AMUs. There were at leas a half dozen of the AMUs which were brand new. There are another 3 or 4 that still have the valcom paper tags on them.

Can anyone tell me what those short antenna "masts" are all about? I got about 5 of them. I think one will go on one of the corners of my 5/4 van box.

Much of this stuff will be available for sale or trade eventually. Way more here than I need. But for now it will get sorted and filed away in the shed.

Way more to be found out there. The really good stuff is always at the bottom/back of the pile.

[maple_leaf_eh]

You have the right friends, are in the right place, and have the right resources (ie knowledge and funds).

Good haul!

[Wayne Hingley]

Nice haul Rob. I see a couple of interesting items.

[jdmcm]

Rob

put me down for antennas and antenna bases! Quick guess would be 8-10 units!

Should still leave you about a hundred!

John

[Jleonardelli]

I would be interested in those tape measure and wire spool antennas in the top left corner of the thumbnails

tks
john

[rob love]

John

Afraid someone else from the opposite direction to you has expressed interest in all 4 or 5 sets. Will advise if he changes his mind.

Rob