"If I had bought one of these for $15,000 in 1985 and could now sell it for
$20,000 (figuring in storage fees etc. as needed) , well . . . you do the
math. Maybe I could buy a medium-sized plasma TV. Not the most thrilling
return for a 20-year investment."

Well, I was not talking about storing it, but rather using it. So, you
would get 5 years of enjoyment from it, while using it every night. Compare
that to a new Dodge truck. What is the value of that after 5 years?

So, when we talk Collins, it is not some radio that is stored in a bank
vault, it is used daily, then sold when you are moving on to a retirement
home for more money than you paid for it. Maintenance costs are almost
zero. Of course if I had purchased a P-38 when they were still $7,000, I
could buy a lot of KW-1s now.

Colin K7FM

"COLIN LAMB" wrote in message
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So, when we talk Collins, it is not some radio that is stored in a bank
vault, it is used daily, then sold when you are moving on to a retirement
home for more money than you paid for it. Maintenance costs are almost
zero.

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How many people will want to buy the Collins? Younger people now consider
electronics as disposable as an old PlayStation or an IBM 486. They listen
to music, but it's on CDs or MP3s. They aren't radio listeners. For the
most part, they aren't radio amateurs, anymore. More than that, there's a
real chance digital radio may be well on it's way to making all the analog
radios obselete.

I'm sure there will still be a few of today's twenty or thirty somethings
who want an old Collins. But I really doubt there will be a large number of
them, and they will have plenty of radios to pick from.

Frank Dresser