[Elecraft] LOW RESALE VALUE OF LOW SERIAL NUMBERS

[wolfmanjack at charter.net]

While I'll agree we should be looking ahead, I certainly enjoy time spent with my old friends here in the shack. I still get a kick out of firing up my Drake B Line and I'm sure I could sell the twins in a heartbeat...so, no, those days aren't quite OVER yet. As long as there is someone left who appreciates the radios for what they are, they will be around...

73 John K7FD


---- Steve Sacco NN4X <nn4x at embarqmail.com> wrote: 
> Let's use a bit of logic here: It's not possible to pass judgement on 
> the future resale value of low SN units, except in retrospect.  Who 
> knows what the future will bring?  Perhaps, for whatever reason, 
> there will be hardware revisions which make the K3 mark II, mark III, 
> etcetera more desirable.
> 
> Even if that doesn't occur, a lower SN would denote an older unit, 
> and would therefore be considered less desirable, except perhaps for 
> the very lowest SN's.
> 
> Analagous with this, IMO, folks need to recalibrate their thinking 
> with respect to radios.  The days of buying a Collins S-Line, and 
> having a top-line rig for 30 years, are OVER.
> 
> Nowadays, radios are essential computers with enough RF hardware to 
> let them RX and TX.  We all know what the PC/computer/semiconductor 
> markets looks like: they get better/faster/cheaper every month.  A 
> ten year old PC?   No thanks!  It'll be the same with 
> radios.  Imagine what'll be possible in DSP technology ten years 
> hence!  Same with display technology, and networking interfaces.  Who 
> would want a 10 year old K3?  Not me!
> 
> Awhile ago, there was an angst-ridden thread here about the 
> firmware.  The general concern was: "What if Elecraft went out of 
> business in five [or some other number well into the future]?  What 
> would happen to the firmware code?"  I nearly fell out of my chair, 
> laughing.  Who cares?!  In five years, there will be even 
> cooler/higher performing/less expensive radios available.  Folks were 
> getting their panties in a knot based on 50 year old assumptions 
> (that the radio will be viable for a long, long time), and it was an 
> unfortunate waste of perfectly good energy.
> 
> I'd also hope that we're able to drag ourselves away from our 1950's, 
> analog-based technology, and move to digital modes.  People are 
> asking about AM?  Why not spark gap?  Let's move FORWARD.  We're 
> supposed to be on the cutting edge of technology, and we're not there 
> anymore.  Not even close.
> 
> All IMO.
> 
> 73,
> Steve NN4X
> EL98jh
> 
> P.S: Also one of those folks who "misunderstood" that, by paying a 
> down payment, I'd get priority treatment.
> 
> 
> 
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