[ICOM] Worth of radios..

[John Geiger]

For HF radios the bottoming out seems to be around 33% or 1/3 of its original value.  For example,

The 756PRO sold for $3000 originally, now going for $1000 or so
The 756 original sold for $2100, and $700 seems the going used price
The 706 original went for $1200, now around $400 or so.

You also have to figure in the replacement factor, though.  The Yaesu FT847 has held its value really well because there is only on other HF/VHF/UHF/SAT on the market right now (the TS2000) and many satellite ops don't like the TS2000 because of the birdie in the middle of the AO27/SP50 downlink.  

There is no direct replacement for the Icom 375A.  The closest you can get is a Yaesu FT736R with the 222mhz module and that is also a used radio.

HT used prices have really bottomed out because you can get a new one so inexpensively.  

73s John AA5JG

--- On Fri, 9/11/09, Dick Flanagan <dick at k7vc.com> wrote:

> From: Dick Flanagan <dick at k7vc.com>
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Worth of radios..
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 12:13 AM
> At 09:59 PM 9/10/2009, John Geiger
> wrote:
>  >And the Icom 375A should be selling for $80 as they
> were closed out for $799.
> 
> The rarity of an item will always affect its price. 
> When you 
> consider how many 375A's were sold you are lucky to find
> one even 
> close to the old retail price.  Supply and demand will
> always sway 
> the price of any item.  Just try to find a KWM-2A in
> working 
> condition these days for anything close to what it sold for
> new.
> 
> While Kurt's 10% rule-of-thumb might be a bit on the low
> side, I 
> doubt it is far from the mark on routine radios that were
> sold in 
> large numbers.
> 
> Dick
> --
> Dick Flanagan K7VC
> dick at k7vc.com
> 
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