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March 8th 05, 04:15 AM

In article ,
says...
I've had two Sony CRF-5100s in my time. The first I bought was from a school
rummage sale about 15 years ago for $8. Another was from a hamfest a few
years ago for $85. Neither was terribly impressive and I sold them for
roughly what I had in them.

"BDK" wrote in message
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A friend's dad had a huge collection of receivers from the late 50's
until he died in 1981, and this was one of the portables. The Sony
wasn't great when it was new, let alone now...

When my friend's dad died, he auctioned off almost all his stuff,
keeping the nicer R390A of two his dad had, and a nearly new looking
Hammarlund HQ180. The rest went, along with a seemingly endless supply
of parts he built up over the years. Half the attic was stocked with NOS
receiving tubes, and a large number of high power linear amp tubes and
other transmitter tubes. His dad's so called "friends" attempted to
steal all his stuff after he died, and were really upset when my friend
didn't give them the stuff for a tenth it's real worth.

I think the CRF-5100 went for 90 or 100 bucks, but it wasn't one of the
ones I wanted, so I really didn't pay attention to the bids on it. I
wanted the Drake R7, but was outbid almost instantly. It ended up nearly
what a new one cost..

BDK