[ARC5] T-17??

[Dave Merrill]

$2000 gets many folks excited.

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:22:41 -0500
>From: Larry Williams <larry at twowayusa.com>  
>Subject: Re: [ARC5] T-17??  
>To: ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
>Cc: ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
>
>$2000! Whooaaaa...
>I guess he'll be lookin elsewhere for an exciter.
>Thanks for the info.
>
>Mike Morrow wrote:
>> 
>> >Got a friend looking for a T-17 to use as an exciter on 160.  Anybody
>> >have one not tooo expensive?
>> 
>> Larry,
>> 
>> I recall the last couple on ebay that were not ham-hacked abominations went
>> for well over $2000.  The only transmitter of that type which I have is a
>> T-16/ARC-5 in new condition, which I got at an Ohio hamfest for $10 twenty
>> years ago.  (Neither I nor the seller knew that they were rare.)  Ignoring
>> ebay price runaways, I'd say that any decent original T-15, -16, or -17
>> ought to bring $500 now-a-days, or more, since the buyer could turn around
>> and dump it on ebay for a quick profit.  They almost always seem to be in
>> new condition.
>> 
>> A lot of people used to hack the much more common T-18 or the ATA equivalent
>> down to the 160m band.  These show up frequently at hamfests and on ebay
>> cheap.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Mike / KK5F
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