Not to hijack the discussion, but I question what a DY-17A goes for these days.  I have one that I paid a princely sum for some years ago.. essentially untouched since it left the depot.  Even has the depot tags on it still if I recall.  I doubt I will ever get rid of it, but man... this guy wants an RF-110A and a RF-124 for his station.

On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 3:05 PM Ray Fantini via Milsurplus <milsurplus@mailman.qth.net> wrote:

Varying degrees of insanity

 

On the subject of things like the value of AN/ART-13 transmitters and the fact that much equipment has at least two completely different sets of value.

First value is to a collector and how much they want something. This can be a crazy thing. I know I yearly travel out to Ohio or other distant locations and spend lots of money for a desired item, I have traveled six hundred miles to pick up an item, that’s often three or four hundred dollars just by itself not including the value of your time in taking a weekend or whatever to do it.

This is all a function of the collector’s desire and resources. The value they attached to an item. Using the ART-13 as an example I would value a clean non hacked AN/ART-13 would be around $1,000.00

But I don’t want an ART-13, been there done that.

Second would be a reseller and at an event like Hamvention. I think a clean ART-13 can sell for anywhere between $200 to $400 for a good example. Unless you’re an idiot you are not going to sell something for what you paid for it, although think I have done that a time or two. Looking at what transportation, tailgating space and other cost involved can’t see anyone paying beyond $100 to $200 for one to resell. Just because you have soothing at a good price don’t mean it will sell, had a good working R-390A at Hamvention for $300 and I think that’s a good price for a receiver with covers and all that and was not able to sell it at Hamvention.

Third would be Estate, retirement and relocating or just need to get it out of here. That’s where you got to get rid of it regardless of what you may have paid for it, or its an estate or what ever but you just want to see it gone. I think that’s where you see the $50 to $100 selling price.

Forth will be the scrap value. This is the one everyone always goes on about “It worth more in scrap” and how that’s what they are going to do with it.  In Maryland think Non-Ferrous scrap like computer servers are around $0.15 per pound but have seen it as low as $0.04 per pound for mixed scrap meatal.

See the attached picture of the “Gut Wagon” that load of hacked parts radios, ARC-1 and other assorted junk brought just under two hundred dollars. Was not my stuff, all refuse from supply depo X-Ray and to give you an idea on hacked stuff we brought poor condition ARC-5 transmitters out to Hamvention this spring, a bunch of them and sold a couple for $5 each or three for $10, by Saturday we put a sign on them “Free” and the last couple we threw into a trash can at the Hamvention but someone going thru the trash pick them out.

So that’s the nature of the beast, or at least how I see it. All values are relative.

 

Ray F/KA3EKH

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