[MRCA] Going rate for a GRC-106 set?

[Ray Fantini]

Think you can expect to pay anywhere from $400 to $800 for a set depending on condition, what comes with it and if it has a RT-662 orRT-834 exciter – receiver.
I would sell a RT-662, AM-3349, dog bone and power cable for $500.00 but am not willing to do shipping being that’s a lot to pack up. Also if I sell a set I would provide training as part of the deal. 
Be warned that the radio has a couple issues that most Hams can’t deal with. First its USB only, the AM mode is USB + carrier. Second is that its loud, the amplifier can be annoying in a confined space. The one thing I like about using this radio in my mutt is its out in the open so the sound gets out, don’t know how people that have them in the confined space of the S-250 shelter stand it. And last but not least you will need 28 volts at around 50 amps to do it right. The exciter only draws a couple amps and in standby the amplifier draws under ten but in transmit the bigger the power supply the better, the good thing is that you don’t need a lot of regulation.
On the plus side is you get a radio set that’s easy to work on once you know how. Has high power and will allow you to operate on the higher bands like twenty and ten meters. I like running the set on the 18 MHz band being no huge antennas are required
Most problems with the radio can be traced to the 1A3 frequency Standard not working or stuck motors in the antenna tuner on the amplifier.

Ray F/KA3EKH


-----Original Message-----
From: mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of mark audacity
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2019 5:17 PM
To: mrca at mailman.qth.net; milpack at groups.io
Subject: [MRCA] Going rate for a GRC-106 set?

I’m not at the buying stage yet, but I think a GRC-106 would be a neat home rig and I’m curious what I should expect to pay for a complete basic set (transceiver, amplifier, power supply) in working but not necessarily mint condition. 

—mark, KF5YDR 

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