I recently sold a bunch of Heathkit goodies on eBay.

A few interesting things I noticed about this collection
of stuff.

1. It took me about an hour to list all 10 items.

By the time I had finished, I already had, not just several
views, but a few bids as well.

2. within 2 hours of listing, two items already got bagged
with the buy it now option.

That was even more surprising.

3. Almost all of the accessories are going for more than
the transceiver itself.

And I got to thinking about that. When this stuff was new,
only a few people actually bought all the matching accessories.
Apparently thinking, "Oh, I can make one of those out of stuff
from my junk box." Which of course makes the accessories even
more rare today. Especially for those that now want ALL the
goodies they couldn't or wouldn't buy back then.

Case in point, the UT-37 (I think) tone encoder that was sold
as an accessory for the Icom stuff in the '80's and '90s. They
are rare as hen's teeth now.

Or looking at Icom transceivers and seeing the desk mic or the
CW filters going for almost as much as the radio itself.

Jeff-1.0
wa6fwi

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"Everything from Crackers to Coffins"