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SX-28 Scarce? I Don't Think so!!
Why would someone that obviously knows about radios and collects them make
a bull**** statement like this? Everybody knows the SX-28 was one of the most mass produced receivers of that era and are still plentiful. It ****es me off when people that claim to be collector or lover of the radio hobby exaggerate or lie to make an extra buck on a radio. Yes I'm speaking of a certain place people auction radios. People like this won't get my buck. -- 73 and good DXing RX: R-5000, SP-600 JX-6, SX-28 Ant: 100' longwire, Evesdropper Dipole Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianehill/ |
Is it possible that SX28's were kinda scarce and the more prevalent SX28A was
the more plentiful one? |
Ebay sellers are greatly known for the abuse of the words "scarce", and
"rare". After all if they use those words it might get another bid or two, makes no difference that they have done no research or have any other information to base it on. The idea is to get another buck. Brian Hill wrote: Why would someone that obviously knows about radios and collects them make a bull**** statement like this? Everybody knows the SX-28 was one of the most mass produced receivers of that era and are still plentiful. It ****es me off when people that claim to be collector or lover of the radio hobby exaggerate or lie to make an extra buck on a radio. Yes I'm speaking of a certain place people auction radios. People like this won't get my buck. |
Yes there are probably less of the 28s than 28As but neither is scarce. |
JJ wrote:
Ebay sellers are greatly known for the abuse of the words "scarce", and "rare". After all if they use those words it might get another bid or two, makes no difference that they have done no research or have any other information to base it on. The idea is to get another buck. You don't understand! They mean that it would be rare, or scarce to find a collector who doesn't already have one. -- We now return you to our normally scheduled programming. Take a look at this little cutie! ;-) http://home.earthlink.net/~mike.terrell/photos.html Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
Brian Hill wrote:
Yes there are probably less of the 28s than 28As but neither is scarce. There were a great many shipped to the Soviet Union during the war as well. -- Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html |
keep in mind about 70% of all ebay sellers are WOMEN! They dont have a clue
about some things, notably radios, and , are more likely to just say whatever they feel.... based in fact or not. To them, or any guy who is not seriously into radio, that is a RARE radio! And, in fact, you could go to about 2000 garage sales and not find one...which is their basis for reality. so, cut these folks some slack. We are into this stuff DEEP, so to us its common. Well, not exactly common, anymore, anyway. I go to about 8 swaps a year, most antique radio , some ham, and I have not seen one in the last year or so for sale...so, its not as common as you think. but, like I said, consider the sellers are not as "into" this as we are, and yeah, they are hoping to get the best $ they can, who isnt? Not you? I bet you always try to make your items sound good when (or if) you ever sell. We all do, its natural. But, I dont lie... and, saying its "rare" is technically a lie, but like I said, in their world it is... and, in ours, its becoming true too....except if you look at all the other SX-28's on eBay... and, how many are there? Mark Oppat "Brian Hill" brianehill@charterDOTnet wrote in message ... Why would someone that obviously knows about radios and collects them make a bull**** statement like this? Everybody knows the SX-28 was one of the most mass produced receivers of that era and are still plentiful. It ****es me off when people that claim to be collector or lover of the radio hobby exaggerate or lie to make an extra buck on a radio. Yes I'm speaking of a certain place people auction radios. People like this won't get my buck. -- 73 and good DXing RX: R-5000, SP-600 JX-6, SX-28 Ant: 100' longwire, Evesdropper Dipole Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianehill/ |
2 receivers, 2 paper manuals and one CD manual.
"Mark Oppat" wrote in message ... keep in mind about 70% of all ebay sellers are WOMEN! They dont have a clue about some things, notably radios, and , are more likely to just say whatever they feel.... based in fact or not. To them, or any guy who is not seriously into radio, that is a RARE radio! And, in fact, you could go to about 2000 garage sales and not find one...which is their basis for reality. so, cut these folks some slack. We are into this stuff DEEP, so to us its common. Well, not exactly common, anymore, anyway. I go to about 8 swaps a year, most antique radio , some ham, and I have not seen one in the last year or so for sale...so, its not as common as you think. but, like I said, consider the sellers are not as "into" this as we are, and yeah, they are hoping to get the best $ they can, who isnt? Not you? I bet you always try to make your items sound good when (or if) you ever sell. We all do, its natural. But, I dont lie... and, saying its "rare" is technically a lie, but like I said, in their world it is... and, in ours, its becoming true too....except if you look at all the other SX-28's on eBay... and, how many are there? Mark Oppat "Brian Hill" brianehill@charterDOTnet wrote in message ... Why would someone that obviously knows about radios and collects them make a bull**** statement like this? Everybody knows the SX-28 was one of the most mass produced receivers of that era and are still plentiful. It ****es me off when people that claim to be collector or lover of the radio hobby exaggerate or lie to make an extra buck on a radio. Yes I'm speaking of a certain place people auction radios. People like this won't get my buck. -- 73 and good DXing RX: R-5000, SP-600 JX-6, SX-28 Ant: 100' longwire, Evesdropper Dipole Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianehill/ |
Why are you posting this when this was the original point made at
the start of the thread? You added nothing, really! On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 17:09:52 -0700, JJ wrote: Ebay sellers are greatly known for the abuse of the words "scarce", and "rare". After all if they use those words it might get another bid or two, makes no difference that they have done no research or have any other information to base it on. The idea is to get another buck. Brian Hill wrote: Why would someone that obviously knows about radios and collects them make a bull**** statement like this? Everybody knows the SX-28 was one of the most mass produced receivers of that era and are still plentiful. It ****es me off when people that claim to be collector or lover of the radio hobby exaggerate or lie to make an extra buck on a radio. Yes I'm speaking of a certain place people auction radios. People like this won't get my buck. |
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 01:46:03 -0700, "Steven Dinius"
wrote: 2 receivers, 2 paper manuals and one CD manual. If they are so "COMMON" then everyone who wanted one probably already has several, so they should go for very cheap then, right? LOL |
Just to **** imaginary people like you off, I suppose.
PS WE had the popular radio DJ Tom COLLINS. Try harder. "Tom Morrow" wrote in message ... Why are you posting this when this was the original point made at the start of the thread? You added nothing, really! On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 17:09:52 -0700, JJ wrote: Ebay sellers are greatly known for the abuse of the words "scarce", and "rare". After all if they use those words it might get another bid or two, makes no difference that they have done no research or have any other information to base it on. The idea is to get another buck. Brian Hill wrote: Why would someone that obviously knows about radios and collects them make a bull**** statement like this? Everybody knows the SX-28 was one of the most mass produced receivers of that era and are still plentiful. It ****es me off when people that claim to be collector or lover of the radio hobby exaggerate or lie to make an extra buck on a radio. Yes I'm speaking of a certain place people auction radios. People like this won't get my buck. |
Just want the ones on e-bay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=46 73 and http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=15 051 |
They made a bloody CD manual, didn't they? If there were say, 5, just to
throw a number to the lions, would YOU make one? From boatanchors, eh? Or just crossposting to make a mess? Next post I'll chop all others out. "Tom Morrow" wrote in message ... On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 01:46:03 -0700, "Steven Dinius" wrote: 2 receivers, 2 paper manuals and one CD manual. If they are so "COMMON" then everyone who wanted one probably already has several, so they should go for very cheap then, right? LOL |
"Steven Dinius" wrote in message ... PS WE had the popular radio DJ Tom COLLINS. Kewl.. in Salem, in the late 60's and 1970, we had a country station with a DJ named Jack Daniels.. "At KAPT we put Jack Daniels in your radio... not safe, but certainly entertaining." Shortly into 1970, they changed format, and became a Christian station. They still are, but the call letters changed shortly after the format... |
We also have Ken Bass, as in the song line, "Oh my buddy Ken Bass, he's
a-workin' pumping gas, and he makes $2.54 an hour" ("Gold" by John Stewart, from the "Bombs Away Dream Babies" LP). Plus we have a traffic reporter with maybe a dozen names, one for every station he serves. He has a woman named "Claire Day" working for him. There also was once a hard rock DJ, Dave "your radio slave" Stone, "Bad" Bob Lee, "Emporer" Larry Lomax, "Jammin'" Jeff Allen, "Captain" Mike Kasper and an Australian student named "the Wombat" who left on visa issues (he was pretty damned good and likeable too). All in Boise radio. "Brenda Ann" wrote in message ... "Steven Dinius" wrote in message ... PS WE had the popular radio DJ Tom COLLINS. Kewl.. in Salem, in the late 60's and 1970, we had a country station with a DJ named Jack Daniels.. "At KAPT we put Jack Daniels in your radio... not safe, but certainly entertaining." Shortly into 1970, they changed format, and became a Christian station. They still are, but the call letters changed shortly after the format... |
"Steven Dinius" wrote in message ... We also have Dave "your radio slave" Stone, Dave gets around.. he's also been in Portland (KISN, IIRC) and Spokane, among who knows how many others.. |
"Steven Dinius" wrote in message ... We also have Ken Bass, Dang Steve, I figured you liked Billy Bass.. |
Lets see. The 2nd listed one on ePay has no bottom plate, has a real rust
problem along with corrosion, needs servicing, has at least one extra hole drilled into it and you can buy it now for only $400.00!!!! Where do I get on the line of nuts to buy this particular question mark.... I've got a really nice, all original SX28A that works just fine on all bands, no extra holes, no rust, no mods, no corrosion AND it comes with the VERY RARE bass reflex speaker (R-12) speaker. Must be worth at least $1500.00....... How silly is this getting???? |
Nc183d wrote:
Lets see. The 2nd listed one on ePay has no bottom plate, has a real rust problem along with corrosion, needs servicing, has at least one extra hole drilled into it and you can buy it now for only $400.00!!!! Where do I get on the line of nuts to buy this particular question mark.... I've got a really nice, all original SX28A that works just fine on all bands, no extra holes, no rust, no mods, no corrosion AND it comes with the VERY RARE bass reflex speaker (R-12) speaker. Must be worth at least $1500.00....... How silly is this getting???? Well, ya don't often see a BuyItNow price that has any relation to reality...except for the guy who nabbed a nice, working Zenith TO the other day for $20 BIN. The listing lasted 6 minutes :-) -Bill |
I sold one of my SX-28As for a little over $1500 on Ebay two years ago. My reserve was anout $550 but the auction kept going. It was nice and some people can afford it. Wanna guess who won the auction. -- 73 and good DXing RX: R-5000, SP-600 JX-6, SX-28 Ant: 100' longwire, Evesdropper Dipole Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianehill/ |
who won? You got me now!!!!
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I bought my last WORKING SX-28 at a yard sale. $20.00, included the original
manual. No extra holes, rust, etc. YES, I sleep good at nite. Gary...WZ1M "Tom Morrow" wrote in message ... On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 01:46:03 -0700, "Steven Dinius" wrote: 2 receivers, 2 paper manuals and one CD manual. If they are so "COMMON" then everyone who wanted one probably already has several, so they should go for very cheap then, right? LOL |
GBrown wrote:
I bought my last WORKING SX-28 at a yard sale. $20.00, included the original manual. No extra holes, rust, etc. YES, I sleep good at nite. Gary...WZ1M You want to double your investment? -Bill |
Brian Hill wrote:
Why would someone that obviously knows about radios and collects them make a bull**** statement like this? Everybody knows the SX-28 was one of the most mass produced receivers of that era and are still plentiful. Being "rare" isn't significant to me. A rare radio implies that they didn't sell too well, because of bad style, engineering, or just too expensive for what it did. I have a web page showing the "common" easily found radios that I own. http://www.geocities.com/wa2ise/radios/common.html I like my radios "well done" :-) |
"Robert Casey" wrote in message ... Being "rare" isn't significant to me. A rare radio implies that they didn't sell too well, because of bad style, engineering, or just too expensive for what it did. I have a web page showing the "common" easily found radios that I own. http://www.geocities.com/wa2ise/radios/common.html I like my radios "well done" :-) Well, sellers sometimes like to say a mass produced item is rare, not because it didn't fit a market or wasn't a good deal for the money, but because "it probably was ahead of it's time:". Frank Dresser |
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 03:37:10 -0700, "Steven Dinius"
wrote: Just to **** imaginary people like you off, I suppose. "None of you is real - my ISP types all of this in!" - Steven Dinius |
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:29:26 -0600, "Brian Hill"
brianehill@charterDOTnet wrote: I sold one of my SX-28As for a little over $1500 on Ebay two years ago. My reserve was anout $550 but the auction kept going. It was nice and some people can afford it. Wanna guess who won the auction. A certain WA6 perhaps? |
Tom Morrow wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:29:26 -0600, "Brian Hill" brianehill@charterDOTnet wrote: I sold one of my SX-28As for a little over $1500 on Ebay two years ago. My reserve was anout $550 but the auction kept going. It was nice and some people can afford it. Wanna guess who won the auction. A certain WA6 perhaps? Might that be a certain WB6A** instead? -ex |
Phunny.
You can't even get my bipolar illness correct. I'm not delusional OR paranoid like the T.P. monger who thinks he's so PHUNNY. Your caps didn't reform. "Steve Deny Us" wrote in message ... On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 03:37:10 -0700, "Steven Dinius" wrote: Just to **** imaginary people like you off, I suppose. "None of you is real - my ISP types all of this in!" - Steven Dinius |
Cherry SX-28s are scarce. Especially ones with the dial locks, no rust, no dust, no mods... Them seem to prefer damp cellars and garages in later life. I have two garage rats that need full restoration--awaiting my retirement time in a few years. They also seem to bunch with with SX-42s, another two locally found items that also liked dark places. Must be a mating thing? Pete |
" Uncle Peter" wrote in message news:N_ULb.29439$WQ3.24174@lakeread05... Cherry SX-28s are scarce. Especially ones with the dial locks, no rust, no dust, no mods... Them seem to prefer damp cellars and garages in later life. I have two garage rats that need full restoration--awaiting my retirement time in a few years. They also seem to bunch with with SX-42s, another two locally found items that also liked dark places. Must be a mating thing? Pete It's a stacking thing. What else could you put under one of these radios? Frank Dresser |
"Frank Dresser" wrote in message ...
"Robert Casey" wrote in message ... Being "rare" isn't significant to me. A rare radio implies that they didn't sell too well, because of bad style, engineering, or just too expensive for what it did. I have a web page showing the "common" easily found radios that I own. http://www.geocities.com/wa2ise/radios/common.html I like my radios "well done" :-) Well, sellers sometimes like to say a mass produced item is rare, not because it didn't fit a market or wasn't a good deal for the money, but because "it probably was ahead of it's time:". Frank Dresser The obvious reason for claiming anything "rare" is to increase the selling price. Rare suggests hard to get, not found in every collection- thereby invoking supply/demand dynamics. Case in point: I have a Zenith tabletop, model 5G537. It uses chassis 5A02, the same as console 5G572. According to Zenith records, only 4000 chassis were built. An unknown number were put in tabletops compared to consoles. In the big scheme of things for Zenith, this model is rare. Can I legitimately advertise it as rare? Sure. Compared to other chassis like 6B03 found in 224,000 portables (like 6G601 variants). Does that make my 5G537 worth $500? Probably not. But at least I can PROVE rarity based on facts, not on a hope, guess, limited experience, or dream. |
most folks get rarity and desirability confused.
Rarity is component of desireability, not the other way around! Same with age, condition, etc. Mark Oppat "Dan Busetti" wrote in message om... "Frank Dresser" wrote in message ... "Robert Casey" wrote in message ... Being "rare" isn't significant to me. A rare radio implies that they didn't sell too well, because of bad style, engineering, or just too expensive for what it did. I have a web page showing the "common" easily found radios that I own. http://www.geocities.com/wa2ise/radios/common.html I like my radios "well done" :-) Well, sellers sometimes like to say a mass produced item is rare, not because it didn't fit a market or wasn't a good deal for the money, but because "it probably was ahead of it's time:". Frank Dresser The obvious reason for claiming anything "rare" is to increase the selling price. Rare suggests hard to get, not found in every collection- thereby invoking supply/demand dynamics. Case in point: I have a Zenith tabletop, model 5G537. It uses chassis 5A02, the same as console 5G572. According to Zenith records, only 4000 chassis were built. An unknown number were put in tabletops compared to consoles. In the big scheme of things for Zenith, this model is rare. Can I legitimately advertise it as rare? Sure. Compared to other chassis like 6B03 found in 224,000 portables (like 6G601 variants). Does that make my 5G537 worth $500? Probably not. But at least I can PROVE rarity based on facts, not on a hope, guess, limited experience, or dream. |
"Mark Oppat" wrote in message ... most folks get rarity and desirability confused. Rarity is component of desireability, not the other way around! Same with age, condition, etc. Mark Oppat Yeah, rarity and desirability are hardly the same thing. If the practical people of the past wanted to pay for, or keep, any mass produced items -- they would not now be rare!! Of course, collecting isn't practical, it's emotional. I have several old radios, mostly boatanchors. They all still work as well as they did about 50 years ago. I'm sure the many people who made these radios common thought they were a good deal for the money. I'm also sure the original boxes and packing materials would now be worth more than the radios they once contained. Frank Dresser |
My copy of "Short wave receivers - past and present" lists the SX-28 as COMMON Dave |
Dave Holford wrote:
My copy of "Short wave receivers - past and present" lists the SX-28 as COMMON Dave Maybe an understatement. -Bill |
"Scott W. Harvey" wrote in message The SX-28 may not be rare in actuality, but it is rare in the sense that not too many radios with its level of performance were built in that era, and fewer still survive completely intact. -Scott No that's not true there were a lot of radios as good if not better in performance than the 28. One for instance is the Hammarlund Super Pros that were mass produced and served the same purpose and the great HROs. The looks of the SX-28 is what makes it desirable along with its great audio. That's what made them popular with Military and FCC monitors was they were less fatiguing to listen to. Its arguably the best looking boatanchor of all time too. But its not rare and its the one radio if asked to be found can be. I've restored several SX-28s and SX-28As and they always seem to find their way into my shack. |
If they're that plentiful send one to my address : )
"Brian Hill" brianehill@charterDOTnet wrote in message ... "Scott W. Harvey" wrote in message The SX-28 may not be rare in actuality, but it is rare in the sense that not too many radios with its level of performance were built in that era, and fewer still survive completely intact. -Scott No that's not true there were a lot of radios as good if not better in performance than the 28. One for instance is the Hammarlund Super Pros that were mass produced and served the same purpose and the great HROs. The looks of the SX-28 is what makes it desirable along with its great audio. That's what made them popular with Military and FCC monitors was they were less fatiguing to listen to. Its arguably the best looking boatanchor of all time too. But its not rare and its the one radio if asked to be found can be. I've restored several SX-28s and SX-28As and they always seem to find their way into my shack. |
I mean it. My S-118 Mk II is lonely.
"Steven Dinius" wrote in message ... If they're that plentiful send one to my address : ) "Brian Hill" brianehill@charterDOTnet wrote in message ... "Scott W. Harvey" wrote in message The SX-28 may not be rare in actuality, but it is rare in the sense that not too many radios with its level of performance were built in that era, and fewer still survive completely intact. -Scott No that's not true there were a lot of radios as good if not better in performance than the 28. One for instance is the Hammarlund Super Pros that were mass produced and served the same purpose and the great HROs. The looks of the SX-28 is what makes it desirable along with its great audio. That's what made them popular with Military and FCC monitors was they were less fatiguing to listen to. Its arguably the best looking boatanchor of all time too. But its not rare and its the one radio if asked to be found can be. I've restored several SX-28s and SX-28As and they always seem to find their way into my shack. |
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