[ICOM] Worth of radios..

[paul glassman]

john,
   many dealers will not take ht's in on trade for new gear. that has really killed the value of the ht market. there are two ht's that are in demand and can demand higher that list price. the thd7ag kenwood ht for skycommand. i understand they are no longer in production and are in high demand by kenwood ts2000 owners and the new icom d-star series. it will be interesting to see if the d-star ht's drop in used price in 24 months.   73  paul w8jn

John Geiger wrote: 
> 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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