[Premium-Rx] Things must be really bad when...

[paul at 8zo.com]

Was watching that auction (# 160345194083 ) as well, and was going to  
bid on it, but the seller got cold feet and pulled the auction early.   
This seems to happen from time to time on high-end, high dollar  
auctions.  The seller didn't have a reserve on the RX-340, and had a  
high opening bid.  Many serious bidders will wait for the last minute  
to snipe an item, and a high opening bid with no reserve discourages  
them from placing a "bookmark bid" that they perceive will only serve  
to drive up the final price.  Auctions are often inscrutable when it  
comes to pricing, and eBay auctions are no exception.

While there are probably some good premium-receiver values out there  
given the current economy, the value of the Ten-Tec RX-340 is likely  
still relatively intact.  However, if anyone on the list has a really  
nice RX-340 they would part with for $2K, just send an email!

I have a station consisting of a Ten-Tec Triton II with an RX-340  
spotting receiver.  The Triton II is from 1974, and the VFO was  
recently rebuilt by the Ten-Tec service department.  I certainly agree  
with Tim!

BTW:  there are a couple of really interesting websites (that might  
look familiar) located at:

http://www.rx-340.com

http://www.ten-tec.org

Best regards,

-Paul


On Jul 5, 2009, at 12:34 AM, Walter Salmaniw wrote:

> Wow, I never thought I'd see a Ten Tex RX-340 go unsold on eBay with  
> a starting bid of $2000.  Absolutely no interest, and the vendor has  
> a 100% rating.  Are things that bad south of the 49th?  ....Walt  
> Salmaniw, Victoria, BC (and former 340 owner).


On Jul 5, 2009, at 7:51 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:

> Nothing against Ten-Tec: My favorite "solid state" rig is a
> Ten-Tec Triton IV that was manufactured in 1976 or so. It works just
> fine in 2009. If something ever did go wrong, I could probably
> still get the parts from Ten-Tec.