2026-05-03 21:35 UTC
@gsuberland @jonty @emf
There is a Loran made radar on sale right now. But it is in pieces and quite huge.
Old fixed install one for observing marine traffic.
That thing has like 70-95% of the parts.
The thing with most surplus like that is that somebody is gona buy it as a fancy camper and all the RF looking stuff will go to metal recycling.
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@gsuberland@chaos.social 2026-05-03 21:41
@ftg @jonty @emf that seems to be what happens to most of them here too. it's a funny tradeoff 'cos ex-mil vehicles get a black plate, pay ~nil road tax, and are cheap to insure through specialists (zero value in stealing them and crashes are almost never stat writeoffs 'cos they're built to survive combat), and the engines are basically indestructible, but on the other hand they drink diesel and good luck finding a garage with a vehicle lift that has the height clearance and weight capacity.