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Used Amateur Radio Prices Seen Various Places in 1998


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At the end of this 1998 section you will find some old material from 1994/1995.

I have listed what I could find of KQ4BY's old 1995 data and the main list has some newer prices seen on the web, at hamfests and heard on the swapnets etc. After 1998 there will be another new list started.

N.B. This list is NOT intended to be a LEGAL GUIDE in any way. The prices noted should NOT EVER be used to determine any legal settlement as they are VERY limited in their scope and do not accurately reflect the prices for which radios and other electronic junque often change hands. This list MOSTLY includes only ASKING prices, and these are ones that I have seen various places. I am NOT going into many details about options, minor accessories etc. For this and other reasons, you may see a wide range of prices. Selling prices may actually have been less than what you see here. If you see a DIFFERENT price (serious ads only) outside the range listed, please e-mail me and let me know. If I have time I will add it! What you get here is a RANGE of prices. Some of the lower ones may be for uglier radios that need work. The higher end prices are often for new unused units or ones that are in mint or collector quality condition.

PLEASE BE AWARE that the actual selling prices are often WELL below the asking prices! Someone can ASK for a high price all they want; it DOES NOT mean that someone actually PAID that much nor that the item is 'worth' that price! Please keep that in mind as you look over this list! No one is obligated to sell something for the prices listed here, and you will often find a generous or kindly ham who is willing to sell you something for far less in order to help you, in the spirit of amateur radio. Our hope is that these prices will not get artificially inflated by dealers and investors posing as boatanchor enthusiasts and hobbyists, whose only desire is to run up the prices or to withold items from the inter-amateur market in order to secure an exhorbitant price from a nostalgic radio amateur at a future date. You will see the good, the bad and the ugly here!

Please try to be aware of whom you are selling to, and let's try to keep these old behemoths and little beauties among ourselves at sensible prices.

Basically you pay different prices for used amateur radio equipment based on WHERE you buy it and WHO is selling it to you! I am listing 10 different sources based on the range of prices typically asked. They are listed from the best (lowest) to the worst (highest)

  1. Friend who cares about you!
  2. Friend, other(!)
  3. Hamfests
  4. Yellow Sheets, Electric Radio, AWA magazines etc.
  5. Internet e-mail groups
  6. Usenet Newsgroups
  7. Trader Nets
  8. Dealers
  9. On-line trading, e-Bay Auction or other auctions etc.
  10. Used Collins equipment dealer.

Number 4, 5 and 6 may not differ much and I really had to guess on the order of some of these. It is pretty much a matter of opinion. Your mileage may vary. Opinions on prices are like armpits; everyone has at least two! As you can tell the above is somewhat tongue in cheek. If you are offended, don't worry, you will get over it!

Personally, I am astonished at how HIGH some of these asking prices are, but then I suppose there is always someone who will over-pay if they want something badly enough and have money to burn.

Please DON'T write to me asking things like, 'What is a Heath SB-994?' - I will not answer things like that because chances are I don't know or I am too busy!

ALSO - DON'T write and ask me things like 'Hey, Bry, where did you see that SB-994 ad? Who is selling it?'


If you have suggestions for improvements in this service or POSITIVE comments they are welcome via e-mail also.

WORLD-WIDE AMATEUR RADIO

SOME PEOPLE HAVE REMARKED THAT THE PRICES ON THIS LIST SEEM TOO HIGH!
LET'S REMEMBER THAT THEY WERE *ASKING* PRICES! THEY DO NOT MEAN THAT ANYONE ACTUALLY PAID THESE PRICES (grin)!


See: BA pictures newsgroup

Finally you can check out the absurdly high prices that things have sold for on the eBay Auction by going to:
Hampedia's eBay Price List

Figure spending about half of these prices for buying from a fellow ham or at a hamfest etc.

And now, on to the bones!


NOTE: 'SH' means that the price INCLUDES SHIPPING!!

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ALSO SEE:

THE 1994/1995 BONE YARD PRICE GUIDE

by Larry Keith, KQ4BY: kq4by@ix.netcom.com

Current Canadian Shortwave Radio Prices - by ODXA

Recent sale prices at Virtual Hamfest

See: Radio pictures newsgroup:

alt.binaries.pictures.radio - Ask your ISP to get it for you!!! INSIST!

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