[Standard] Standard C156A-is it THAT rare??

Sat, 25 Jan 2003 10:57:06 -0500

John,
         STANDARD did make a fine line of HT's, & most had very good front
ends. The problem was their price. I bought a new C558A from Lentini's & it
was over $500.
         I now have 5 standard HT's....two C508A's (for hamfesting & the
Mall), a C528A, a C228A & what I think is an uncommon model, the C288A.
         The 288A is a 220 Mhz mono band HT.
These also sold for over $500 when they came out. I stumbled onto it while
searching eBay. It was listed under an oddball heading & had no bids. The
auction finished with no bids & I e-mailed the owner with an offer. He told
me it was from an estate & that he had some accessories. We agreed on a
price ($120 + shipping) & I got a check off to him. It arrived in PRISTINE
condition, not a mark on it. along with it were FIVE battery packs, the AA
battery holder, the 200 memory chip, the 40 memory chip, speaker mic, the
auto adapter & a CSA181 drop in charger! There ARE good deals to be had on
eBay!
         Didn't have a manual with it & I'm STILL looking for one. Got one
for a C188A, same radio, but for 2M. Also have a spare as new C228A manual.
Anyone want to trade?

73,
bob
n2oam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Shannon" <[email protected]>
To: "John Geiger" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Standard] Standard C156A-is it THAT rare??


> At 01:13 PM 1/24/03 -0800, John Geiger wrote:
> >Just picked up a Standard C156A 2 meter HT on ebay.  I
> >am starting to wonder if the seller was the only
> >person to ever buy one of these HTs.  QST reviewed it
> >and give it a very good review, but there is only 1
> >review of it on eham.net.  Every aftermarket battery
> >place does not carry battery packs for this model, and
> >most of the on-line manual downloads do not have its
> >manual.
> >
> >Was the HT that rare?  If so, why.  Looks like a good
> >HT at a great price.  If you also have one, would
> >appreciate comments on it.
>
> I had a C156A and batteries are scarce as chickens teeth. did many
> a net search for them. finally cut my old ones open with a small
> dremel saw and replaced the NiCads inside with NiMh from
> Batteries Only, out of Canada. Soldering can be a real pain so
> watch out for that heat factor. Good Luck!
> Bob
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Standard mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/standard