[Drake] Parting out super nice TR-7.

[WB7DYW Dutch]

Cecil,
Nobody wants to pay what it is worth????
And what is an FT-2000 ???? Ya might be giving me an idea....

73's Dutch
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-----Original Message-----
From: Cecil Acuff [mailto:chacuff at cableone.net]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 1:02 PM
To: W4AWM at aol.com; wb7dyw at ev1.net; drake at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Drake] Parting out super nice TR-7.

Amen with all of that!

I guess the motivation is to turn a TR-7 into a FT-2000 via parting out the
TR-7.

It's a free country and you can do with it what you please.....but it's
short sighted and nothing more that financially motivated.

I'd rather see it sold to a collector in Japan (that's a hot market for US
made gear) than made into pieces and lost to the world.

Better yet sell it to a list member for what it is worth....

Cecil Acuff
WB5VCE


----- Original Message -----
From: <W4AWM at aol.com>
To: <wb7dyw at ev1.net>; <drake at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Drake] Parting out super nice TR-7.


> Hi  Dutch,
>
> For the life of me, I cannot understand why you and several others are
> taking
> it upon yourselves to part out a perfectly good working radio! The
> TR-7 is a fine piece of gear. If you don't run the pants off it, it will
> sit
> there at 100 watts almolst forever, and unlike the Japanese rigs, is
> repairable in most cases anbd parts are still out there. Yes, the parts
> are worth more
> than the whole rig, buit you will in the end, be left with a lot of parts
> that
> will never sell because trhere is little or no demand for them and they
> will
> eventually wind up in the dump. If you are looking to make some money on
> the
> rig, jujst sell it outright, don't destroy it.
>
> What kind of shape is it in, what options does it have and what are you
> asking for it in?  Does it have a good cabinet or one of those with the
> "sticky"
> paint. I understand it is working.  If it is good cosmetically, and the
> price is
> right, I might be interested in buying it just to save it from being
> parted
> out.
>
> Would you part out your Gold Dust Twins? I doubt it. Why do it to a
> perfectly
> good piece of Drake gear?
>
> 73,
>
> John,  W4AWM
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