alt.engineering.electrical

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> Ivor Jones wrote:
>> "Michael A. Terrell" <@> wrote in
>> message news:@
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>> [snip]
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>> : : Or wait for one to turn up at a government auction.
>> : : I picked up a complete 911 phone logging system and all
>> : : the " reels of tape for next to nothing. I sold
>> : : the recorders to a company that owned thousands of pay
>> : : phones to use when there was a court ordered tap on one
>> : : of their phones.
>>
>> Is that likely in the UK..?
>>
>> Ivor
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>
> Doesn't your government waste money by junking repairable equipment?
>
>

The UK military went through a huge downsizing and "contracting out" a
while ago. They closed all sorts of "interesting" research places and
large amounts of kit appeared in auctions, afterwards. Most of it
working, much of it even in date for test. Many lots were mis-described
or described as "units, various".

Sigh. Such days are rare. Here.



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Sue