[Premium-Rx] 2282A

[peter Patton]

I bought a Plessey 2282A from M&B two years ago for $2800, sent by Fedex 
@ $220 plus US  customs but it was damaged in transit. I sent it back to 
Craig (another $220 FedEx) who repaired it and billed FedEx $700 for the 
repairs. He sent it back to me (another $220) plus this time FedEx 
demanded another $35 customs for the $700 repairs. I had some fun with 
the twit who did this to me by arguing that they broke the radio and 
they paid for the repairs with their $700, and they shouldn't have 
allowed any US customs on the repairs anyway, so in any case they should 
pay the $35 fee.  Bureaucrats have no sense of humor. She stiffly 
asserted that the repairs were made to my radio and were now part of it 
so I must pay the custom fee whether it was correctly applied or not. 
She offered no appeal, if I didn't agree to pay she would keep the 
radio.  So, this is how my $2800 radio came to be "worth" $3500. And 
worth it, it is. I had a Racal 6780 and a Harris 590 and a Collins 
851S-2 but I think the Plessey 2282A is the best radio of the lot.  I 
sold the Racal and Harris. I am keeping the Collins only because it 
matches an HF-80 station I have built up from surplus HF-80 components. 
I was going to keep the Harris because it matched a Harris RF-350-K 
station but the Rx in the Harris 350 Trx is so good  that I decided to 
forego a tuning knob and sold the 590. I don't know if the 350 Rx is the 
same circuit as the 590 but is is surely the best Rx I have ever 
listened to 20M SSB on!
Pete Patton W0EWQ
St Paul, MN

Michael John Holme wrote:

> M&B Radio have a at least a couple, or did a month ago. They  told me
> they wanted £1500 sterling for them (about $2300). I to can't understand
> this $4000 price.
>  
> Mike
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