Radios I Should Have Never Sold
James Benedict (N8FVJ)
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I have had a habit of selling a radio to raise funds for another radio. Fact is I had enough 'fun money' that I did not need to sell to buy. I am a cheap Ham and looking back, I really have not saved much by selling my radios. I listened below the radios I wish I had kept.
Hallicrafters SX-88. Bought for $200 and sold 10 years ago for $1100. Now selling on eBay for $4K-5K in same mint condition. Shipped to CA.
TBX-8. Older WWII transmitter receiver for 80 & 40 meters (slight mod to 7 MHz). It was a lot of fun to operate. Sold it for $200 with a 120 vac HB regulated power supply. Yes, the regulated voltages (all) made the radio more stabile. Shipped to Japan.
BC-648. Nice radio with excellent AM receive. It had the SSB & AM Collins mechanical filters. Wonderful radio with mechanical digital readout like a R-390 only about 60lbs less weight. Sold it with a built-in & regulated HB power supply for $200. Shipped to the Netherlands.
TS-950SD. Very solid radio. Reminded me of a huge Cadillac convertible automobile. Yes you are right, they do not build them like they used to a few years ago. Sold this mint radio with all filters & DSP unit for $1200. Shipped to FL.
Collins 75S1 & 32S1. Very nice pair with all Collins mechanical filters. Sold pair 15 years ago for $500 with station console, matching speaker & power supply. Shipped to IL.
Collins 74A4. Again, just a beautiful mint condition radio with all filters. Paid only $250 for it 10 years ago. Sold it for $800. Can't remember where I shipped it in the USA.
Hy-Gain 3750. Wonderful and over built radio set. This one had the matching VFO & speaker. Looked like new. Sold it for $650 and shipped to the east coast.
Globe King 400. Never did transmit on it, but the transmitter did power up. Paid $300, sold for the same.
Davco DR-30. Walked in to the Traverse City, MI swap & saw the famous and unassuming W1FB (Doug DeMaw) at his swap table. He had all kinds of neat HB items. Kind of like bumping in to a celebrity at McDonalds! -- Or, at least for me as he looked like Crocodile Dundee without the knife. (I am sure this gentle but also serious Outdoorsman did have a knife somewhere). Bought the radio for $70 in perfect condition. I sold it for $300 about 8 years ago. Shipped to Canada.
So, yes I wish I had kept these radios, but the XYL did not have any regrets.
What radios did you sell and wish you had not?
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by K0BG on January 19, 2004
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I think I have traded in several, but really never sold one. For the most part I've donated them to less fortunate folks, or in the latest example to a local college's ham club. The tax advantages far out weighed the cash flow.
Alan, KØBG
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by SSBDX on January 19, 2004
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I can't figure out why the davco receiver goes for so much money. I used one I had for about 4 years and I thought it sucked compared to a 75s3b. It was cute for its time but cute isn't performance.
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by K3UD on January 19, 2004
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In 1967 I had a chance to purchase a Hallicrafters SX-88 from a local ham who had just upgraded his station to a then new Drake 4 line. He wanted around $300 for it and I got the use of it for several months. In the end, I gave it back to him with thanks. I had just started driving and dating which was taking all of my cash and $300 was a fortune to me back then. Even if I had purchased it, I probably would have traded it off or sold it at a hamfest within a few years. Although I never owned it, and really did not know enough about it to use it to its full potential, I certainly would like the opportunity to pruchase it for $300 again!
There is some other boat anchor equipment I have owned that I would like to have back. My "classic" AM station in the very early 70s was a National NC-303 with a B&W-5100B and the B&W SSB adapter. Oddly enough I always thought that the NC-303 was a better receiver then the SX-88. Another one would be the Clegg Venus Six meter SSB transceiver with the matching Apollo linear amplifier.
73
George
K3UD
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by OBSERVER11 on January 19, 2004
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I have bought sold and traded too many to remember without regrets... except for maybe, the Drake C Line with the AUX xtals slots maxed out and all the Sherwood filters in the R4C. But then again, too many new rigs with better features.
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by KA5N on January 19, 2004
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Bought a Collins KWM-1 for $200 used it for several years and sold it for $200. Saw one go on eBay awhile back for $1100. First transmitter was a Philmore NT-200 practically gave it away. Sells for big bux today.
Sold my great 75A-2 for about $150.
One thing I notice is that the rigs that keep their value usually follow inflation pretty closely so it's not like you are reaping a real harvest for keeping one. The ones that lose value usually weren't worth much to begin with. Then there are the puzzlers like the Hallicrafters S-38 (A, B, C, D, E) a five tube table broadcast radio with extra bands and a BFO????
It don't compute.
Allen
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by G7HEU on January 19, 2004
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Drake model 2-B. My first proper receiver.
It was immaculate and cost me £110 twenty years ago. I always swore I wouldn't sell it. Even when I had a few years away from amateur radio the 2-B was safely stored in the loft.
Took it down last year and was horrified to see that the chassis and case had started to corrode. The white paper behind the dial had become a spotted brown.
It had been wrapped up in plastic bags but obviously not well enough. I sold it to an enthusiat who has started to restore it. It seemed better to let the old lady go to someone who would love her properly.
Moral - It's better to pass a radio to someone who will have pleasure from it than to ( accidentally ) ruin one from neglect as I did.
Steve
M0HEU / G7HEU.
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by WA5KRP on January 19, 2004
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Viking Invader-200
Drake 2-B
What the heck was I thinking? WA5KRP
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by W9YO on January 19, 2004
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Kenwood TS-830S
Thought I needed a new rig with 6M. Not so!
Bill-W9YO
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by KB2FCV on January 19, 2004
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Tentec 540 with the external VFO, External Digital Readout and Power supply. It was my very first rig. I sold it to go towards my Kenwood TS-440S. That rig had super clean audio and worked great!
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by K7VO on January 19, 2004
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The NCG 7/21/50 and NCG 10/160M would qualify for me. I have found another 7/21/50 but I haven't found a good, working NCG 10/160M (National RJX-810D) again. Sweet rigs.
Also, a Mizuho MX-606D and PL-1000 when I was unemployed last year. Both are very rare and fetched a very nice price from a collector, but I sure wish I had them back, particularly the MX-606D. That is a nice 6m rig.
73,
Caity
K7VO
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by LNXAUTHOR on January 19, 2004
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>> Hallicrafters SX-88. Bought for $200 and sold 10 years
>> ago for $1100. Now selling on eBay for $4K-5K in same
>> mint condition. Shipped to CA.
- madness... simply madness!
- of course, a 3-piece 4-weight Leonard with extra tip goes for nearly $3K (bamboo fly rod), so i guess every hobby has its fanatics...
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by W5EEX on January 19, 2004
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I had and used a Hammarlund HQ-129X in my early ham days.It wasn't the greatest of receivers by today's technology standards, but it was special because it was my Dad's and he passed it down to me as my first receiver. I remember spending countless hours with that old receiver in my attic hamshack in my parent's house in the early 1960's. Sometimes I would stay up almost all night listening for DX, sitting in front of the HQ-129X in the yellow glow of the dial lights. It eventually was sold off, and I don't even remember who bought it. Now that my Dad has become a silent key, I often wish I had that old boat anchor back.....but I do have the callsign W5EEX which was my Dad's callsign all during the years I had the old HQ-129X.
73, John / W5EEX
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by KJ7XJ on January 19, 2004
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When I lived in AZ, I had one of the first Kenwood TS-870SAT's I needed the money so I sold it to AES after owning it for only a year or so. I Have owned a TS-830 and a TS-440 and neither do justice to that rig. I miss the DSP and all the goodies it offers. Oh well.. Live and learn I suppose!
Eric - KJ7XJ Tacoma, WA.
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by SM0AOM on January 19, 2004
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Still regretting the sale of my Drake T-4XB
when going to University almost 30 yrs ago.
The hope of finding a similar one is still alive...
73/
Karl-Arne
SM0AOM
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by KA3RFE on January 19, 2004
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I've always regretted selling my first rig: a Yaesu FT-757 GX bought new when they first hit the market. I don't remember what it cost or how much I sold it for but that rig was a joy to operate.
73, Pete KA3RFE
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by NE0P on January 19, 2004
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Yaesu FT736 with 222 and 1296 modules. Needed to raise money for a HF rig.
Also wish I still had my Kenwood 599 twins with the 6 and 2 meter receive converters. Excellent setup. I literally ran them into the ground, and sold them more or less as parts radio. They had already been heavily moded when I got them.
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by AC5E on January 19, 2004
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A complete ARC-5 setup WITH dynamoters; A BC348; Hallicrafters SX28, SX96, SX100, Hammarlund Super Pro; a variety of Central Electronics exciters; and a whole slew of modern gear that had to go to make room for even more modern gear. Unfortunately, the ham shack is only so big. That's why I'm building a bigger one.
73 Pete Allen AC5E
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by W7PW on January 19, 2004
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Signal One CX-7A...one working and one parts. If I had 'em now I could sell 'em on eBay and retire ;>)
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by KA8SYX on January 19, 2004
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Three I always regret having sold:
- My first rig, Ten-Tec Century 21 with digital frequency readout, purchased used for $275 in Fall, 1983 from Universal in Reynoldsburg, OH right after receiving my novice ticket. Sold to a ham youth club in WV in Summer, 1986 for a song. Had a few really nice ragchews on it.
- Sony ICF-2010 Worldband rcvr with the Kiwa Electronics IF filter mods. Purchased from Gilfer in Park Ridge, NJ, while I was on my way home from Desert Shield/Desert Storm early 1991, it was waiting for me when I went home on leave. I installed the Kiwa mods myself, the first time I had ever opened a radio, any radio, and not destroyed it. Sold to a fellow in Atlanta, GA Summer, 2001.
- Panasonic RF-2200 AM/FM/SW receiver with outboard RD-9820 antenna coupling unit. That was my first real radio, a 1980 Christmas gift when I was 15. I loved that radio and it sounded really good. Its only drawback was that it suffered from some serious analog dial backlash. Auctioned on Ebay late 2000 and won by a fellow I presume was a collector in Japan.
Seemed I wound up selling stuff when I got into money binds. I once had a Johnson Viking II transmitter, while on USN active duty in the Virginia Beach area in the early 90s. It sat in my living room for months before I sold it, never having fired it up, and I've never regretted selling it like I did and still do regret selling the guys listed above.
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by K8KS on January 19, 2004
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Had a BC-1000 backpack portable radio of WWII vintage when I was a HS student in the 60s in Japan. There were lots of U.S. military surplus radios available in postwar Japan. I converted the BC-1000 to 50 mHz FM. It was one of those olive-drab, backpack vacuum-tube units you saw in shows like "The Sands of Iwo Jima" (John Wayne) and "Combat" (Vic Morrow, et al). The antenna was about 9 ft long and the battery weight comprised about half the total unit weight of 25 lbs. The battery life was about one hour and it was not rechargeable. Output power was a mere 300 mW. I loved it, though, and made many QSOs with it. FM was really rare in those days, but other hams could read my signals on their AM receivers by "slope detection" (no guys, it doesn't refer to my ethnicity! Har har!). Made me look like a nerd around the streets of Tokyo whenever I carried it on my back. If I'd known in retrospect how nerdy and eccentric it made me look, I would have never done it.....shudder, sigh.
I also miss my other U.S. military surplus, the Hammarlund BC-794. Great receiver! I had to leave it on for at least 2 hours before it stopped drifting from the warm-up. I still have a Hammarlund Superpro from the U.S. Signal Corps, circa 1945. That rig I shall never part company.
73,
The Kaz man (ex: JA1YGN)
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by AH6FC on January 19, 2004
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Rather nostalgic to see the names of some of these old rigs. Returning to ham radio after many years away.
Had a Heathkit SB-301 (good receiver), 401 (good when the relays worked), and SB 200 - sure wish I had them now, particularly the linear...had 28 mhz without any issue. Not that any would stand up to the modern rigs but they sure brought hours of enjoyment to me when I was younger.
73's
Bill
Ex-KH6IGZ/WB8AYH
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by N0JYC on January 19, 2004
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I really wish that I never had sold my Yaesu FT107M. Sold it to raise funds to buy an FT767. Have tried several times to get my hands on another 107. It had the hottest receiver I've ever heard.
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by OLDFART13 on January 19, 2004
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ARRL to Propose New Entry-Level License, Code-Free HF Access:
http://www.eham.net/forums/Licensing/1351
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by OLDFART13 on January 19, 2004
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ARRL to Propose New Entry-Level License, Code-Free HF Access:
http://www.eham.net/forums/Licensing/1351
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by K4FAU on January 19, 2004
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A better story could be --
radios that I bought and wonder what the hell i was thinking...haha
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by VA3SWS on January 19, 2004
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Icom 751
Icom 720a
Ten-tec Triton 4 digital
Drake TR-3
Halicrafters SR-150
Yaesu FT-100
Yaesu FT-920
Yaesu FT-50
Yaesu FT-290
Radio Shack HTX-212
Radio Shack HTX-202
The only one I no longer have is the FT-100 which was stolen from my car. I can't seem to bring myself to sell any of them...I know I will just regret it.
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by W8EJO on January 19, 2004
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In 1971 I went to AES in Cleveland OH and traded my Hallicrafters SX-115 (+ cash) in on a Tempo One.
Now I never thought the SX-115 was a great receiver, but whenever I think about today's market value for the SX-115 I want to hit myself in the head with a ball peen hammer.
The Drake TR-7 was the best all around transceiver I ever owned & I sold it to buy an Elecraft K-2. I wish I had the TR-7 back.
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by WB8JKR on January 19, 2004
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Well, it doesn't involve a radio, but I made a
major STUPID deal back in 1972, at the ripe old age
of 15 I traded a mint condition Vibroplex Presentation
bug for a lousy 10 amp variac. I know, I know, kick me.
Mark WB8JKR
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by N4ZOU on January 19, 2004
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A complete Kenwood TS-830S line. The transceiver, Matching digital VFO, Matching speaker with filters, Matching antenna tuner, MC-50 Microphone, and the Matching phone patch. Worst of all the clown who bought it cut it up inside trying to get it on the CB band! He was a licenced ham so I could not understand why he wanted to do that. It just made me sick.
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by KB9YUR on January 19, 2004
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The two shortwave radios from my youth were the German made Normende
Globetraveller and Globetrotter.
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by W1AWB on January 19, 2004
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When I turned 18, I traded my beloved SX 117
for $120 worth of stereo gear. If I could travel back in time I would smack myself!
Andy W1AWB
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by WB2WIK on January 19, 2004
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I've had lots of great stuff I've sold, traded or given away. Only regrets are that some of those old rigs became classics later, and have values now several times what I sold them for!
Who would have known?
WB2WIK/6
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by KI5FQ on January 19, 2004
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Kenwood TS-830 with matching VFO. I had it tuned up by IRC in Florida, added their filters. Best receiver I ever had and I had more fun with that radio than at any other time in Ham radio - so far.
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by KA3RFE on January 19, 2004
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oldfart13:
You just cannot get into any thread without turning it into a code issue can you? Give it a rest!
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by KB0GU on January 19, 2004
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Kenwood TS900 I sold to a fellow in Japan! Wish I had kept that one.
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by N5LB on January 19, 2004
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Viking Invader 200 about 20 years ago. Darn it!
NC303 about 20 years ago. Bought another one 3 years ago. Great BA for those who like that sort of thing.
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by W0UCE on January 19, 2004
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Viking Ranger - built it from a kit in 1953. Hallicrafters HT (?) can't remember the model number (HT 37 maybe) It was one of the transmitters was used on the first Clipperton Island DXpedition - FO8AJ. I traded for it (I was about 17 or so) At 18 I met a girl... alas... the Ranger and HT Xmtr and the girl are all gone. What a dumb kid I was.
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by KA4KOE on January 19, 2004
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http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/01/19/1/?nc=1
Looks like the code/no-code war has been decided.
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by N8MMZ on January 19, 2004
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I regret selling my mint condition Hallicrafters SX-117, HT-44 pair back in the early '90's.
I really regret selling my first rig I bought as a novice (2nd. hand of course), the heathkit hw-100. I put a lot of labor into that old gem to make it work.
Radio's I am going to regret selling: I'm under strict edict from my wife to sell my yaesu FT-102, FT-33r, FT-411E, FT-7, and my Drake TR-22C. I won't regret getting rid of my heathkit HW-16, though - it was a project that never made it to the table. I'll really miss that Yaesu FT-102 with the narrow cw filters - it was an excellent cw rig! (Pretty good phone rig too - just didn't use that side much)
At least my wife is letting me keep my heathkit SB-303 and SB-401 pair (I put my foot down on that one).
73's
N8MMZ - Jonathan
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by K8LEA on January 19, 2004
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For the member who regrets selling an FT-1500M, you can get another FT-1500M, I think, without much of a premium [grin], but I can sure understand why you might miss one.
(I also wish mine did DCS, but that's another story.)
I wish I'd kept my old SX-99, even though about anything from RS (or Sangean) makes a better general purpose communications receiver if you're not going to try to match it with a transmitter.
I wish I'd hung onto my old Clegg '99er (and a Globe VFO), but the very young kid I sold it to really wanted to get on 6M. (I think the radio was older than he was.)
I should have kept that Harris hi-band HT, too - everybody should carry a brick once in a while. Stand up quick and leave your pants on the floor....
Gear I don't miss:
Globe Scout 680 (although I guess it worked well for the price).
Icom IC-22A - the model you put crystals in, purchased just a little too soon for the IC-22S (synthesized) model announcement.
A couple of Hi-band HTs that came and went.
I think I've still got everything else....
Stu K8LEA
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by WB4TJH on January 19, 2004
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Tons of good stuff...I should have kept a mint TS-830S and Ten-Tec Corsair 2....then there was a nice TS-850. At least I have managed to keep my HW-9 qrp rig, at least for now...
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by N9DG on January 19, 2004
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None really. The ones I did sell were truly lousy performers, no regrets there. I also had the foresight years ago to keep my first SW receiver (an RS DX-160), and my first Novice rig, which was an Atlas RX/TX-110L.
I'll even fire those two radios up every now and then just to remind myself of how much better things really are today. And it also gives me a chance to reminisce about all the things I wished I could have done way back then (and that would have cost 10's of kilobucks to achieve). Well, I'm now doing many of those very things today for just a few kilobucks, (thank you inexpensive PC technology!).
The good news there are so many things left to do, and I've even thought of a whole bunch of other new ones since my Novice days. So no, you won't be seeing me getting bored with ham radio technology change, or for that matter see me wishing for the "good old" days anytime soon either.
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by NN7B on January 19, 2004
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Two complete stations I wish I still had.... My first 'real' station, Hallicrafters SX-140, HT-40, HA-5 VFO and keyer. Built the receiver and transmitter from rare Hallicrafters kits.
The other was a Drake 2C, 2CQ w/speaker and 2NT with an Eico VFO built into a cabinet that matched the station perfectly. All stolen while away camping for the weekend in 1988. Of course, the mint R-388 is the one I traded for a dual-trace oscilloscope I just HAD to have... :( Paul
P.S.: Oldfart needs to get a life.
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by WX7B on January 19, 2004
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2 (count 'em 2) Drake UV-3 tribanders
1 late serial number Kenwood TS-930S, great receiver.
1 Stoner HF radio 10-80. That one was funky. It had a '70's wooden case, and actually worked fairly well, and was small for the time.
WX7B
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by N6TGK on January 19, 2004
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While not a "great" radio, I wish I still had a Tempo 2020. It was my very first HF Rig and, well, you know how your very first radio always seems to have a certain spot.
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by WB4QNG on January 19, 2004
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I can't remember the name of it but it was a 20, 40, 80 SSB rig with built in power supply. It was about the size of an Icom 718. Small back in the 70's. It put out about 40 watts if I remember right. Made a great backup rig. The rest of them I still have even though most of them don't work anymore. A Lafayette reciever a 75 meter and a 20 meter mono band Swan. A Genave two meter rig as well as a Regency HT and of course my old HW101 still recieves but the transmitter died. I keep saying I am going to take them to a hamfest and take what ever anyone will give me for them but I never do. Should just pitch them in the garbage but they are like old friends to me.
Terry
WB4QNG
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by N8FVJ on January 19, 2004
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W0UCE- About the girl. Did you......or was it a total loss?
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by KG4WKY on January 20, 2004
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Heathkit HW-8 and Hallicrafters H-107 - had 'em way pre-ham as a teenager and traded 'em both to a ham friend for a 35mm camera which I still have. Lordy though does hindsight bring regrets :-)
If anyone runs across an old Hallicrafters with the tuning knob replaced by the throttle knob from on old MRC power pack, please let me know!
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by W2RBA on January 20, 2004
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Gosh, as I look back over the years there's scarcely a radio I had that I *don't* miss selling. Well, except for the Galaxy V Mark 2 (or was it 3?) I had -- that was a problem and a half (come to think of it, I *do* wish I had that rig back again!). Many of the rigs I've owned but sold have been bought again (different ones, however). There's the Lafayette KT-390 CW/AM transmitter kit that I got second hand recently -- it was as if I were assembling the rig again, the thing needed so much work (I bought a second unit, unworking, for spare parts!) -- and the VFO (an Eico 722 which I haven't bought)and my first store bought electronic keyer, the Eico 717 (which now graces the basement "shack"). Fortunately, I kept my Drake 2B (bought used in 1965 -- thanks, dad!). The Regency HR-22B (I think) I don't miss at all, but the Icom 22S (again, I think) and IC-2A missed. And the Ten-Tec rigs: after seeing an Argonaut 509 at FD in 1976, I really, really wanted one -- which I got in 1980 and introduced me to Ten-Tec (still have that radio). I bought a "QRO" rig the following year -- the Argosy -- but I traded it in for my Corsair; I missed it so much I bought another from a seller on Epay. When I was in grad school, the radio club had a Ten-Tec Triton IV, which *really* impressed me back in 1978 -- I got one of those last year for a paltry sum... Oh, the rigs I had! Oh, the rigs I sold/traded in!
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by W2WJO on January 20, 2004
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The Hallicrafters SW-120 that got me started in SWL'ing and eventually my ham ticket! I was about 14, a brochure from out of nowhere appeared in my parents' mailbox advertising the "window onto the world" education experience, and luckily, they bought it for me.
Never for a minute did they regret it, despite the yards of copper wire I made my Dad string from the roof of our house to the back of our small yard, or the many hours they yelled to get me to come out of my room, or turn down that static in the middle of the night. I was hooked!
It opened me up to music from around the world (like Ravi Shanker BEFORE George Harrison!), culture and news from different viewpoints like BBC and Radio Moscow. Piles of amazing propoganda materials from Radio Peking that got my young photo in Popular Electronics, and nearly got me thrown out of high school and did get a few pages in an FBI file as I found out years later!! And I couldn't be more proud. I still have the best of those QSL cards nicely framed and hanging on my wall.
That old radio found its way out of the house when the first wife moved in. Luckily. she followed it out not too soon afterwards anyway <G>.
But all these years later, finally went out and got the long delayed ham ticket, moved up to general quickly so I could get on HF around the world.
And the first thing I went out and did when I passed that general and got my vanity call was to find a reconditioned SW-120 on the internet. Even if the serial numbers might not match (although some of those scratches look familiar.. .hmmmm) and the reception isn't quite up to the JRC 535D that it sits on top of....
As far as I'm concerned, it's my old friend, back into my home.. full circle!
73, Walter W2WJO
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by N9PUZ on January 20, 2004
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I wish I still had my Heath HW-8. It was one of the first projects I built after getting my Novice ticket.
Tim, N9PUZ
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by WA2JJH on January 20, 2004
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Too many!
TS-520S
NATIONAL NC-173-A classic
Motorola Saber-3 w/DES
Motorola MT-1000 99ch upgraded.
DRAKE TR-33
Heathkit SB-230 8873 ampliier.
Harris/Farinon 2 gig ENG TX
Ma-Com 24GIG microwave A/V bidirectional microwave link
ARC-5
and the beat goes on.....
73 DE MIKE
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by N6CGA on January 20, 2004
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For sentimental reasons, I should have kept my first rig, a Heath HW16. I also once owned a set of four original Ten Tec PM2 modules that sold without the case or other hardware.
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by WB8TCT on January 20, 2004
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It was a "boat anchor" from Hammarlund. A big ole SP-600 JX 21. It was tubes, but with a little warm up time, it would stay put and listen to a lot of stations. Said to say, I traded it for a computer.
73
Sludge
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by WA2JJH on January 20, 2004
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How about radio's we were greatfull to get rid of?
EIC0-753
Yeasu FT-707
Any 2M H-T made by Wilson
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by NE0P on January 20, 2004
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Radios I was grateful to get rid of:
Icom T90
Yaesu FT847
Alinco DX70
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by WB1FPA on January 20, 2004
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Sold my Drake SPR-4 receiver (had all the right crystals, the 5NB blanker, AL4 loop and the TA4 built-in). It was super stable, the S-Meter was accurate and it was very sensitive. It was impossible to overload. It was a rock to build around, but alas, a down payment for a home was indeed more important...
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by WD8PHW on January 20, 2004
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None...I'm still using my first and only HF rig - a Tempo 2020 (Uniden). It was purchased new in 1979. It may not have DSP/Warc etc, but it still suits me just fine! When I eventually get a new HF rig, the 2020 will remain in the shack! I don't want to post a REGRET!
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Greg
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by KT8K on January 20, 2004
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Too many - sold off to buy others ... Sad to think that I could have them all fixed up and working fine again.
Most missed: TS-520 plain (with the 12v inverter) - used it mobile on (my first) Field Day (1980, I think), with a Hustler setup on 40m, and actually made a few contacts.
Others that would be nice to still have: Heathkit Dx100b, DX60, DX40, and many boatanchor receivers, all swapped away ...
I still have my first rig, though - Tentec Argonaut 509 bought in '78. Ran it most of the past year - great fun! It is resting now while a Tentec Argosy, a few years newer and with all the crystal and audio filters, has replaced it on the bench. I keep it set to 5 watts, and have even more fun now.
C U on HFCW. 73 de kt8k - Tim
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by KW4J on January 20, 2004
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There are two radios and both were old HeathKits. The HW-16, my first amateur radio, is a fun rig for CW operation on the old Novice bands. The other is the HW-8, a CW QRP rig that is very portable, sturdy, and easy to use.
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by N3DPL on January 20, 2004
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I had my first transceiver, a Yaesu FT-7B purchased new in 1979, all boxed up and ready to go on Ebay. It's not a classic, and may never be one, but the bids were $50 short of what I wanted and it didn't sell. It wouldn't finance new equipment anyway so it's out of the box and back in action. I've decided that it won't become a radio I wish I never sold.
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by WR8D on January 20, 2004
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About eight years ago i had a beautiful collins KWS-1 and 75A-4 combo. These are called the "gold dust twins". I even had the speaker console with the rotor indicator. These came from the original owner with all the cables and manuals. Looked like they just came off the assembly line. Hope you guys that "know" are sitting down. I bought it for 800 bucks. Like a fool i sold it for the same. I've paid 900 now for another "new" looking 75A-4 and have seen countless KWS-1 transmitters that look like they have been in the chicken house for 25 years..Priced around 2500 bucks. Hi Hi Live and learn...i've even seen the whole set priced above 5k that was "almost" as nice as the set i owned. We're all alike...and most of us will "never" learn.
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by K7VO on January 20, 2004
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Last year I was unemployed. I sold off a lot of gear. I've already covered the pieces I wish I'd kept somehow, but paying bills was more important than having lots of radios.
I keep reading how someone's favorite wasn't a classic or wasn't great. Well... last year I downgraded to an Icom IC-701 that a local ham had. The radio has a reputation that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Guess what? I like it a whole lot. Mine sounds good, looks good, gets complimentary reports on the air, and just keeps working. Not a classic? Fine. The best radio is the one that you enjoy using.
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by SSBDX on January 20, 2004
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I have used a different strategy than is common when buying a new radio. I buy the new one first, then later decide after awhile which item should go. I have saved myself a lot of money by avoiding having to replace previously sold items I missed. 50% of the time, I sell the newest radio or amp when it still has good resale value and use what I kept. I loose very little money. Constant buying and selling really eats up the budget and doesn't usually accomplish much.
I have managed to keep some items that if I had sold, I would have shot myself.
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by NY4T on January 20, 2004
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From reading the responses I can tell I haven't been around nearly as long as some of you OT's but....I wish I had kept my Kenwood TS690SAT. It was a great rig in perfect condition. I sold it to a friend locally and he is still having a blast with it. I sold it to "upgrade" to an Icom 761. The 761 was a good rig when it was working but that was not the majority of the time. Needless to say, the 761 is now history, replaced with a Kenwood TS850 that seems to be a true upgrade from the 690.
73,
Lee Hall (NY4T)
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by K3YD on January 20, 2004
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My HW-8. Not that it was such a great radio, but I had performed so many (well documented) mods to that radio and its power supply that it became a 4 watt "Pocket Rocket. Not sure what I bought when I sold the HW-8, but never since have I done so much to another radio.
(Maybe the better radios I now own didn't need so much re-engineering.)
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by K2JX on January 20, 2004
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I sold them all in the late 70's....
(the radios I shudda kept !), then bought them all back in the early 2000's ! Johnson Vikings, BC-348's et al. All my Novice gear from way way back ! I Forgot how much "fun" they are to keep in operating condition ! Great fun !
73, Jack K2JX
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by KL7IPV on January 20, 2004
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Boy, does that sound like a familiar song? I have gone through a few and miss each. My "funnest" one was my Gonset II that I actually used as a mobile in my new 1966 Plymouth wagon. Boy, does that brings back stories? Then I went thru a lot; Heath DX-60B, SBE-33, TR-4C, Ten Tec Omni-D & Delta II, a Swan 100MXA (a great radio), TS-440S and others. I am on my second IC-706 now since they do so much for the cost. I have a TR-22 and a National NC-109 that was my first in 1965 (still works too). I have had a few HTs as well; including a Wilson MkIV, TR-22, VX5R. New things come out and I lather up and off I go to see the new stuff. I REALLY miss only 3 rigs: the 100MXA plus the Omni-D & Delta II. So many radios, so much fun, so little time.
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Frank
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by G1YGJ on January 20, 2004
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My first radio was a Trio/Kenwood TR2300. A super all rounder. I used it as a base station, mobile with a 10watt p.a. & of course portable. I swapped it some years ago to get something more upto date !?!.
I had often regretted this. It had been around the block several times, was a bit rough to look at, required a kick sometimes to get it going & someone had been inside with what must have been a welding torch instead of a soldering iron. But I did like this old set.
Last year I saw one advertised on the internet, in mint condition, boxed with a VB2300 10 watt p.a. & case for £65. I jumped at it & now it sits proudly on a shelf. It is in perfect unmolested condition. As I said, Super !!!.
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by K5UJ on January 20, 2004
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My big mistake was selling a Ten Tec Triton II I had when I got out of the Army and went to college. It was a wonderful rig because it worked great, the qsk was excellent and it was so simple to operate. I wasn't using it and I stupidly thought I needed the money and I'd buy something better someday. Now they are collected and it's still a good rig. I learned my lesson--any rig I like I'm keeping.
Rob/K5UJ
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by VE7VIE on January 20, 2004
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Thank God I am still in the 'collecting' and not 'selling' mode. I still have them all! (No wife and a big garage!).
KD7IGX
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by WB0UGO on January 20, 2004
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Drake TR4CW/with rit, HQ 180. My very understanding wife has let me keep virtually any radio I wanted.
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by NI0C on January 20, 2004
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My Drake 2-B receiver, which I used only with indoor antennas from three different apartments. It wasn't much for looks, but it really worked well.
Also, my Johnson Viking Navigator, a sweet little low power (40 watts input) CW only transmitter.
73 de Chuck NI0C
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by AB8JC on January 20, 2004
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Alan K0BG, you need a better tax advisor. Unless they've instituted a 100%+ income tax of which I'm unaware -- which is a bit unlikely, as I'm a CPA in tax practice. ;) Not that such charitable actions are unworthy, of course, but to say the "The tax advantages far out weighed the cash flow" is dead silly.
Steve
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by NE0P on January 20, 2004
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Also wish I had my Kenwood TS600 6 meter all mode again. 10 watts out and analog dial, but had a blast with that radio. Got VUCC from EN51 with an indoor dipole in my apartment bedroom. Did have some help from a 100 watt tube type amp. Both rig and amp had built in power supplies. The TS600 could also be run from 12 volts, and took it mobile a few times. It had to sit on the passanger seat. A little to big to take mobile now with the wife and daughter.
Also wish I had another Kenwood TR851A 432 all mode. Best receiver I have ever seen on a UHF rig, and the display was sure nice to look at also.
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by KA5ROW on January 20, 2004
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When I was 16 or 17 "around 1974" I bought a Johnson Viking Valiant for $105.00 in very good shape. Used it on CB. Also had a Hallicrafter HT-37 in near mint condition, Paid $125.00 for it. Wish I had them now for 80 and 160 meter AM.
Doug
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by WB4HUC on January 21, 2004
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I can't remember if it was an OMNI C Model B, or
an OMNI D. The lineage of the old Ten Tec OMNI series
gets a bit confusing.
At any rate, it had the WARC bands as I recall,
and I had the remote VFO for it. I actually let
two of those get away from me at different times.
Even today they are nice radios.
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Mike - WB4HUC
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by WV8HAM on January 21, 2004
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My first HF rig - Drake TR4C. Best sounding rig that I have owned.
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by K8AG on January 21, 2004
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Traded my personally built HW-8 for an HW-16. Should have kept the 8.
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by KD3JF on January 21, 2004
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I can't figure out why some of you guys sold your FT-1500M??? <g> I am not ever going to sell mine.
But, I shore wish I had my first AM rig back which was a Gonset G66B Receiver and Elmac AF67 transmitter. That was a hot number on CW as well. I would zero in on a SSB Qso so close that the guys for awhile could not tell I was on AM
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by W2LO on January 21, 2004
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A very high serial number 75A-4 with five (yes, FIVE) mechanical filters-three inside and two extras-all different bandwiths.I got good $$ for it but still it was a mistake.
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by W2LJ on January 22, 2004
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Definitely my HW-8. I have a K1 now; but I regret selling any Heathkit stuff I had now that they're gone. My first station was a Drake 2-NT and a Heath HR-1680 which I had built myself. When I upgraded to General I bought a "new" used rig & donated the 2-NT and HR-1680 to the HandiHams. I don't regret making the donation; but sometimes I wish I had my old Novice station to play with.
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by W4LOS on January 22, 2004
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It's great to see all the comments about Vintage Classis radios we used to own and for one reason or another parted with ,Only to realize sadly we should have kept.
I have been collecting vintage radio gear for awhile now and really enjoy working on and restoring receivers and a few tx's that I like.
Let go in the last year Hallicrafters SX-117,122,National NC-183D,RME-45,Hammarlund SP-600 JX,Others I can't remember at the moment. Would like them ALL back! Just aquired a Collins 75A-4 High serial #, and Collins 51J-4 both in very good codition.
Always wanted some Collins gear,but never could afford.
Hope to get a good KWM-1 to match soon. Would never sell at this time come H@@$ or High water. Can't belive some were able to buy for $change just 10 years ago!! You guys LUCKED out!
Just goes to show that New and Improved aint always better!!
73 and Good DX via the Classis's
W4LOS
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by N7UQA on January 22, 2004
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I regret selling my Kenwood TS-440SAT I bought in 1990 a year before I got my ham licence. Aside from it's short commings, it was the first real ham rig I ever owned. If I ever find one in mint condition I may pick up one again.
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by WB9NJB on January 22, 2004
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My first station. NC125 with a Central Electronics Sideband Slicer and Q Multiplier, and a DX-60. What fun. I have sold radios to buy radios, but have resisted selling when cash was tight. Selling then never made a difference viz a viz my cash position, and I always regretted it later.
As for the listings from OLDFART re the ARRL's latest suggestions on CW and licensing, please just go away.
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by AK7P on January 22, 2004
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The Drake TR4-CW with 500 Hz cw filter, and of course the original Allied Radio Knight-Kit Star Roamer SW receiver that I built when I was 9 years old.
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by N6AYJ on January 22, 2004
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I just don't understand why a ham's spouse would insist that he or she sell radios. A spouse is supposed to love you, after all. How is that being loving?
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by KD7QX on January 22, 2004
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Glad to see someone else had a TenTec Triton II as a first rig and now regrets selling it. Misery does love company! For me the sale allowed me to move up to the bells and whistles of a TS-520! It, too, was a good rig, just not the first. I still have a number of TenTec items, but the stable will always seem a little empty without the Triton II.
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by K8IG on January 22, 2004
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The one I regret selling? Yaesu FT-990AC. The one I'm GLAD I sold? Yaesu FT-100 (Early Model)
K8IG
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by K4JRB on January 22, 2004
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When I was moving to Atlanta in early 1973 I sold my AM gear to Arnold WA4MIV. The exciter was built by W5DYJ (a master builder) and used 6C4's as doublers and triplers. a 5763 driver, and a single 6146 final. The VFO was very stable. For AM the driver was right out of the Editors and Engineers Handbook by W6SAI and drove the 811A's in the nodulator. The Final amp was constructed by my dad and I with the aid of another master builder W5KHB. George ,W5KHB, built an improved version of the Collins KW-1 for his own use. Actually all we did was secure the parts and George did most of the hole punching and wiring. The power supply started out as a commercial unit made by Eldico (2500V 500ma) but the transformer croaked so we located a pole pig that was massive and built a 3500V supply around that. The gear worked 261 DXCC countries on AM from 1958 to 1963 and later used as an AB1 amp on SSB with good results. The gear was pictured on the front cover of Electric Radio in April 1997. My picture was in QST several times (1959. 1960, and 1963) as K5MDX with the gear displayed also.
If anyone purchased gear from Arnold WA4MIV of Kennesaw, GA and have some heavy iron sitting in your basement let me know. rnold became a SK in 1981.
Dave K4JRB
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by WB2JUF on January 23, 2004
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Definitely my first station as a 12 year old Novice licensee in 1972:
Hallicrafters HT-37 Exciter
Hallicarafters SX-101A MkII
Homebrewed Transmatch
I traded them in 1976 for one of the first Kenwood TS-520's. The 520 was also a good transceiver (I still have my subsequent TS-520SE), but I didn;t appreciate my old boat anchors until I got back into the hobby a couple of years ago.
Hope to replace them someday.
73,
Marc, WB2JUF
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by WB3KJX on January 23, 2004
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My National NC-300 I traded locally in mid 70's for smething I don't remember! (Still got lots of my other boat anchor stuff though!)
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by KG7CN on January 23, 2004
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Hi there is a set of 599D twins on ebay now. Item# 307 174 1524 73 Dave
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by WX5ATX2 on January 23, 2004
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i wishi would of never sold my icom ic-delta1a tri band ht im fact i am looking for one but it is hard to come buy and a nother radio is my old yaesu ft-100 i wish i didn't sell it either
David,
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by N3AWS on January 24, 2004
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Lost my Swan 270B, Heathkit DX-20, DX-40, DX-60, and Allied A2516 receiver in my father's estate sale. Also lost my logs, QSL collection, and magazine collection (QST and 73, plus many issues of CQ).
Jim N3AWS
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by KB1KOX on January 24, 2004
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I still remember my first radio,the one that sparked the flame,Was a Knight R100a in great shape.Listened to that radio for a whole summer when I was 14.Took a piece of romex and ran it in a square in my bedroom!Amazing the signals I recieved!But being at that foolish age ,put an add in the local paper ,and an old wise man bought it for 150.00$!!.Boy,I wonder what that radio is worth today!Oh,well,at least it got me started in loving Ham radio
KB1KOX
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by K1MKF on January 24, 2004
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My Sat rig, an FT-726R with 10m/2m/440. Also, the FT-290R mkII. I should have put that in the car. With a 25w in/ 160w out amp in the trunk that would have been one great VHF SSB station!
MarkF
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by AE4X on January 25, 2004
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My IC 781. What more is there to say? Still have the shoe sole imprint on my backside where I repeatedly kicked myself.
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by D9AL on January 25, 2004
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sure glad I still have my FT-100 ham/cb radio!
I be a no code general, see you oldtimers on the air!
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by KC8VWM on January 25, 2004
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Wish I never sold that Tandy - Science Fair Crystal Radio set I built. Homebrewing will never be the same.
:)
73
Charles - KC8VWM
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by KC8VWM on January 25, 2004
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>>>>I still remember my first radio,the one that sparked the flame,Was a Knight R100a in great shape.<<<<
I had a radio like that once. It sparked so many flames that even the local fire marshall made comments to me about it.
73
Charles - KC8VWM
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by K1FLH on January 25, 2004
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About 15 years ago I bought for $200 5 Hallacrafter
receivers and xmitters and 5 Hammerlund HQ receivers
and xmitters...total 10..some needed minor repair and most in great shape...Dealer at Ham Fairs was
tired of lifting them to his table at ham fairs..
To heavy and only junk he said...
I sold these for $100 each...way up today...and the
worse was the Central Electronics 200V in great shape.
Only 500 made. Did not know at the time..just another
xmitter...Sold it for ($175 on consignment) man called
MONKEY. It was on shelf at Ham Store for 2 days..and SOLD..(Think I was Monkey, not him)
LOOK AT THE PRICE TODAY..WOW..Hoo was to know..
And then 15 years ago..my Collins 32V and 75A Reciever
with Dow Relay and Low Pass filter on rear..Sold
on consignment for $350..Yup, both of them..Am and CW
who wants it the Ham Store said...best part is I
traded a mobile Xceiver that was worth about the price
I sold the Collins for...Love the BOATANCHORS...73 Jim
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by AD4MZ on January 26, 2004
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Harvey Wells TBS-50D w matching VFO, Globe Chief Model 90A, DX-100B, TS-520s, TS-130S, TS-830s, TS-430s, R-390A,
Best radios I still have:
TS-50s, IC-706MKIIG, K1, Sierra, R-4A
73
Bob
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by W7KPQ on January 26, 2004
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75S3B and 32S3 are two rigs I should have hung onto.
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by W9RIG on January 26, 2004
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My Ten Tec Corsair II station. At the time, I felt I needed general coverage (which I almost never listen to now.) So I sold my mint Corsair II, external VFO
and matching power supply and bought a new black box.
As I work 90% CW, this was a huge mistake. I hope I
can someday acquire another Corsair II station!
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by HA5X on January 27, 2004
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Yaesu FT-77. I only learnt how good its receiver was when we "upgraded" to an FT-757GX. I probably made my most memorable QSOs with the FT77 back at the beginning of the 1980's.
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by W4RK on January 27, 2004
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WOW! What a wonderful question. Just reading the responses is a walk down memory lane. Licensed just under 50 years ago when I was in high school, I was typical of the "trade up" bunch. Even after getting married, raising a young family required trading to upgrade. The complete list is too long, but here are some of the most important:
Hallicrafters Sky Buddy
Hallicrafters S-38C
Hammarlund HQ-150
Heathkit DX-100 (I built it)
Collins KWM-2 (bought new in 1959) this one really hurts!
Advice to the younger folks: KEEP IT!
73,
Bill
W4RK
Brentwood, TN
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by WA6KSS on January 27, 2004
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This isn't a "sold" message, but a bummer just the same. I had homebrewed a six meter rig, similar to the Heath Sixer; but way ahead of their introduction. It had a four tube transmitter and a two tube super-regen receiver. It was powered by a homebrewed supply,and controlled by a ceramic wafer switch. It was built just after I received my ticket in 1959. In 1961, I enlisted in the Air Force. Since I was not living at home, my Dad decided that my room needed cleaning. Along with my high school yearbooks, home movies of the family, clothing and more, he decided the rig was an eyesore and tossed it, without telling me. Also getting tossed was a large shortwave receiver, similar to the HRO. I could pull in Radio Australia as clear as a bell on that thing. A long wire rhombic shaped antenna fed it. (He was afraid of electricity, and didn't try to pull that down.)
SoCal Tom, WA6KSS
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by KH7L on January 28, 2004
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Most people list their first radio. I miss my first radio as well. FT-101E it took me 9 months working part-time to pay for it when I was 16 years old in H.S. I took it apart once a month to re-align; I stayed up until 4am. on school days.
I hand carried on the airlines to college. Sold it and got a TS-430S. Hand carried it to college as well. Sold it and got a ic-706, sold it and have a FT-817 now. Why do I sell all my good rigs?
Rod KH7L, JJ0JIH/1
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by WA7BOC on February 1, 2004
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Radios sold/traded...
32V2
75A4
CE100V
Johnson Ranger I
KWM-2
75S1-32S1
NCX5
Mint!!! Drake B-Line
SB-102
SB-230
HQ-215
Ah...the memories!!!!
Roger WA7BOC
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by K7UV on February 1, 2004
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I regret having EVER SOLD anything!
Heath AR-3 receiver my dad & I built.
HQ-110 & Hallicrafters HT-40 XMTR
TS830 (I've see a lot of regrets on this one)...seems to have had the best rec'vr ever...even though specs. don't show that.
TS690S, 680S, 2-670S's
[As far as the code issue...give it a rest...things must move on...we can fight it or make the best out of it and hope to populate the bands so we don't lose everything to commercial interests.]
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by WA2JJH on March 3, 2004
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I am real sorry I sold a HEATHKIT SB-230 single 8873 conduction cooled amp. Built it from a kit.
Tuned up like silk.
Looked more like a transceiver than an amplifier, looked 1000X better then the SB-220/221 exorisist puke green amplifiers.
Worked on 110VAC great!
I sold it because I did not like the fact it used a Berrylium Oxide element for cooling. BeO is ultra toxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic.
There was a whole haz-mat protocol to be used if you chiped the BeO in the manual.
Sold it 20 years ago. The LID I sold it to, still owes me $50bux. Never let people pay in installments!
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by W4MBO on March 6, 2004
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Have YAESU FT107 M .....Still in boxes has total of maybe 6 hours on it,. all 5 units have been boxed since 1990,. This includes the yeasu desk mic,
Moved from fla . Never unpacked them,.
Do i hear a bid on it all ???????,.
Might evon consider a trade.
Don S
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by PU1-MLL on March 16, 2004
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I always feel so sad when I remember that I sold Yaesu FT-7200 - UHF FM. What a mistake. A perfect rig.
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by KA4ETR on May 20, 2004
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As most other hams, I to regret selling most of the radio's I used to have. I wish I had every radio back that I have sold! I finally realized how hard they are to replace and stopped selling them. Some of the rigs I'd like to have back.
Hammarlund HQ170-A (it's been replaced)
Hammarlund HQ180-A
Hammarlund HQ-110A (it's been replaced)
Collins S-Line
Collins KWM-2A
Collins 75S-1
Globe Chief Deluxe
Globe Scout
Heath AR-3
Kenwood twins
Hallicrafter SX-101A (it's been replaced)
Heath HW-101A (it's been replaced with a mint one)
Yaesu FT-767GX
Icom 725 (it's been replaced)
This is just a sample, can't remember them all after 40 years! (WN4SXY in 1963)
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by AB4YE on June 30, 2004
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I have always regretted selling both my Yaesu ft-757gx2 and ft747. both were great radios, worked well and have never been properly replaced by the 10 other hf rigs i've purchased since.
The rig I'll regret selling in the future if that happens will be my Icom 718 with free DSP module and now INRAD 400HZ cw filter. What a GREAT radio.
Also, my Yaesu Vx-5r is a honey, as is my Kenwood D700A.
OH....and my ClearSpeech Speaker. What a nice piece of functional equipment that is...
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by KG6UNU on September 20, 2004
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Does any one have the service manual or schematics for the sbe sb-33? Dana Wall swall68@aol.com
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by WN3R on December 28, 2005
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This was my dumbest move. I traded a mint Collins S-Line (75S-3C and 32S-3)(both purchased new) for a TS-820S setup.
I'm now collecting my first radios again, - so far I have S-41W, S-53A, SX-100, and DX-40. Also setting up a new shack complete with a classic operating position with just a J-38 and bug (no mics and no VFO).
I've been a ham too long and had too many radios to collect one of each. So I'll concentrate only on the first 4 years in radio (3 as an SWL and one as a novice).
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