[Milsurplus] Ken carpenter auction

[Jim Pruitt]

I ran across that auction last time too.  My first time and I won a 
Daystrom DM337 ADR (think Heathkit MR21 and you know what I mean) and a 
Drake 2C receiver.  They shipped them together to the tune of $110! They 
were in the same box and appeared very well packed...but the turret on 
the ADR was broken! I figured it would be useless to try to get 
restitution as the ADR only set me back the $17 plus the outrageous 
shipping cost!  There seem to be a lot of things there and as has been 
said goes for low prices but I was beat out on the Flameproof cw keys 
and the Collins microphones and the Collins MP-1 DC to AC power supplies 
that went for about $50 each but were identified as simply "oscillator"!

I prefer the David Schulman auctions as they know what they are doing 
and check out each piece of gear and tell you what is wrong with it.  
The problem is that it is a popular auction so there are lots of bidders 
where the Ken Carpenter auctions do not tell you anything about the item 
and often do not even tell you what make/model the item is and you take 
your chances with it working or not...and then the shippers!

I got an email from the Schulman auction a few days and they have 
terminated their practice of shipping small items via usps. They let the 
contract shippers handle it as they now say the FedEx shipping is 
cheaper than USPS anyway.

Thank you.

Jim Pruitt


On 3/7/2026 8:16 PM, gfsmith wrote:
> It's a great auction. I nearly tried to one of the R-390A's (I think 
> there were 5 up for bid) but decided against it. I stupidly put in a 
> "this is a dumb bid and there is NO way that I will get this item for 
> this absurdly low price" on a Millen 90711 VFO. I won the darn auction 
> (I bid $50) and it was delivered yesterday. TIP for you: The shippers 
> that the auction company uses are VERY nice people but they have no 
> real experience in shipping heavy tube items. Provide them with 
> SPECIFIC shipping instructions if you want your item to arrive undamaged.
>
> 73, Gordon KJ6IKT
>
> On Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 07:27:20 PM PST, Charlie L. 
> <mjcal79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Auction #4, lot of vintage stuff/  Check this out: 
> https://kencarpenterauctionandrealty.hibid.com/lot/287604160/jordan-electronics-high-voltage-power-supply-unit?ref=catalog
>
> I have one of these, it is a 1000VDC and is not a dynamotor, but a 
> solid state power supply with a cooling fan.  Great for a BC375.
>
> Charlie in NC
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