[Boatanchors] Reality Comes Knocking.

[SGS 126]

I’ve been waiting 65 years for the EMP

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> On Feb 12, 2022, at 12:20 PM, w5jo at brightok.net wrote:
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> I paired down about 12 years back and I didn't even try to get rich, I sold them for about what I  had in them, low price and parts cost.  I kept the 4 radios that has emotional connections and glad to have the room.  Recently a guy sold me a, nice,  good working SX42 with the Reproducer speaker for $100.  I like it because of the FM band and plan to keep it.  I was really shocked that he wanted only $100 for the radio.
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> There are a few young people who still want this stuff, but they aren't going to pay collector prices.   Shipping costs has really dampened the market, so most people say I won't ship, you have to go pick it up.  If the item is more than a day's trip, it becomes a paperweight.
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> Mark, You still haven't gotten that 5100 going yet?  Boy it has been a while.
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> I enjoy my equipment and plan to keep what I have till the last.  By then, no one will care but I will have fond memories.
> 
> Jim
> W5JO
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> -----Original Message----- 
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> I sold all but two of my "big" amateur radios about 5 years ago.   Got
> asking prices from local buyers.   Never looked back.
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> I have a single  B&W 5100 that's been in progress for years now and a
> DX-100 that I got for $50 somewhere a few years ago.   Since the 5100 has
> been in progress for years it shows how interested I am in finishing it
> (but it will get finished).    With the up swing in the solar cycle and 10M
> coming alive, I have the impetus to finish it for 10M AM work.
> 
> 
> Mark K3MSB
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