[Premium-Rx] 8718 on ebay

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/31/2006 7:14:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
w3jn at direcway.com writes:
I believe (although I am not 100% certain) I know where these came from 
originally; they were lab receivers not hooked to outside antennas, but I 
would be willing to bet that almost all are non-functional.
73 John

I have seen those receivers offered for sale on eBay off-and-on for several 
months now. Offering a complex piece of electronic gear for sale untested at a 
high price is just too vague. I wonder why someone doesn't ask the seller to 
just plug one in, clip a 20 foot piece of wire to the ant input and tell us if 
they receive signals or not? Couldn't take 10 minutes of time to do and would 
resolve once and for all if they work.  73 Todd WD4NGG