OMG, Look what arrived on my doorstep....Communications engineers, what is this?
 

OK, get home last night and there's a large box at the door.
I had won an auction earlier in the week for a piece of machinery...but packaged it shouldn't have been so large...hmmm.

I drag the thing to the foyer and leave it there as I figured I'd open it in the morn.

Open the box this AM and there's a large plastic equipment type case with handles and casters. What the....?

I open the case and see many components strategically packed into the case. After a 1/2 hour of assembly this is what I have...

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Apparently it's some type of Sattellite transceiver...Maganavox MX2400T. A cost tag on the case says it's $57K !!! Anyone know about this thing? Google turmed up little info. Also, it states in several places that the end user requires certification. I hope the FBI doesn't end up at my house.

Any info is appreciated.

Thats what the side line guys use in the NFL to listen in on the ggggrrrrr, umhhh, ahhhhh, hut hut hike, mumbo jumbo. Or is that those clear plastic ones? Anyways, hook it up! See if it makes any funny sounds.

Warren never visits the OT board, but I'm thinking that if anyone here would know, it would be he, the retired NASA rocket scientist.

INMARSAT tranceiver.
If you've got all the goodies, you could make and take satellite calls.
Cool.:cool:

does this mean you could order Pizza Hut from Timbucktu ?

Damn :eek:

phone calls!? .. ..that looks like you could send all kinds of info .. .video etc.

Start a news station. ;)

Inmarsat/Irridium Satcom tansceiver? Brings a whole new meaning to "can you hear me know?" :D

Satellite phone

Here's how to make it work,

http://www.ablecommunications.com/customerservice/magnavox/magnavox.html

OK, it has a sticker that says Magnavox MX2400T Plus, Transportable Satcom Terminal.

On the dish it states: Caution Microwave Radiation Hazard Stay back 10 feet. I bet I could get Bin Laden with this thing....
or rehaet that pizaa from Timbuktu real quick.

I don't think I have everything needed to make her work.
I'll bet a laptop and/or handset hooks up to this pup.

Warren, Can you here me now? heh heh

At the least, a handset.
You could probably fire it up and roast your weenies from across the patio, though....
:D

Way cool Rick, keep us updated!!!!

Wait tell you find out that your CIA neighbor, or the large FBI tech field office in Morristown, comes calling for it.

Looks cool.

Michael

Its probably left over from an undercover operation near you. See if you can help ET phone home.

Actually it came from Fort Meade in Maryland.
Wonder what the market for something like this is.... Maybe partial trade for a 993TT :D

That would be cool to look at. I wouldnt have a clue what to do with it. Throw it up on the bay and see if you can flip it for a nice profit

I bet you can talk to aliens with it! :)

One of my friends in the Navy told me of a cruel game they used to play. They'd wait until a seagull would fly in front of their radar dish, then they flip it to full ON. The seagull would fall out of the sky fully cooked! :(

Looks like that seal Magnaphone thingie Steven Segal used in the movie "Under Siege" :D

This reminds me...

I heard a story about a guy many years ago who found a cool looking stereo amplifier thing at a surplus store. The box had gold plated rca/stereo jacks on the back and some mystery connectors but no real markings so he took the chance paying $20 for it and went home. He didn't have much luck connecting this thing but decided it was an amp of some sort...ultimately he did find the box was stamped "Raytheon...mfg'd in USA...serial number blah blah blah".

After some directory assitance and finally getting bounced around to a few phone operators at Raytheon, he asked for a manual or some instructions. Obviously this guy had no idea what Raytheon makes. The operator was confused, asked for details about what he had, then asked for a serial number, and then the operator played dumb and took his address...

30 minutes later a couple MP's showed up at the guy's door and confiscated the box. Ultimately the guy found what he had was some sort of signal amp for a nuclear missle silo that somehow was stolen and ended up in this surplus shop. He never got his $20 back.

just a peice of junk, it's crap, you can spend your time much better working on your cars - I'll give you $1000 for it just to rid you of the torment of trying to find out what it is. Really, $2000 and that includes shipping - I'll even drive to your place get it - $3000?

...at least hear him fart. :D

I'll give ya fity cent for it :)

The problem is that $57k price tag is most likely what the Govt. paid for it (however many years ago) and it is now just surplus. It is probably worth less than $1k these days.

I once had a Freq Counter that cost $38,000 ( GigaTronics ) just cuz it went into the higher Ghz range ... probably could buy for $300 now.

Yeah, I'm thinking this technology is handheld now....at least for a lesser capacity. This may be a "Base Station" of some sort as one cryptic invoice states. Oh well, it's packed up in it's case. If the rest of the unit were here I would've tried it.... Warning Will Robison, Warning!

I believe you can get most of the functionality now in an Iridium handheld sat phone....

You can hear a mouse get a hard-on with that thing!!

can you give it back to the mfg for a credit ?

"I mean it was a present and I would rather have your #$% model. It's brand new mister."

For a laugh, I would try returning it to a local Radio Shack. Just tell them your wife bought it as a gift last week....

LOL, youz guys are killin me. It was made by Maganavox in Deer Park New York....not tooo far from here. Do they have an outlet store, Ron? lol

Fedex is picking her up tomorrow. Was probably the most sophisticated piece of equipment in my possesion ever..pretty cool.

Now *that* would be funny...

The Radio Shack guys would probably sport major wood if they saw the thing....Second thought, I'll keep it home...lol

Yes, I need my head examined.....


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I doubt it...Radio Shack is like the world's longest running garage sale...

cool stuff.........if anything it'll be a good conversation piece :D

Why no tilt it back so it's pointing straight up, remove the white center probe thing, get a peice of glass cut to fit over it and use it as a coffee table... would make a good ice breaker / conversation item. ;) :D

HOLY CRAP RICKM.... I literally spit beer all over the monitor when I saw that!!![

I posted this page to a friend of mine who deals with tv / sat. stuff, if he has ant ideas I will let you know.

Cool thanks. That coffee table idea is actually pretty good....plus you could heat food up on it. :p

I'd like to know more about where it came from??? What auction? How was it described? and how much did you pay for it!??

Pictures of the case!

Here come the black helicopters....