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Drake R8B FS
Excellent condition, original receipt (1999) from Universal, original
manual and a bound copy, all paperwork. Works perfect. $1000 + shipping (insurance required) to protect buyer and seller. Prefer USPO money order e-mail for scans. and my phone number should you wish to ask questions. 73 JM Boise, Idaho |
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Drake R8B FS
On 6 Aug 2006 16:29:02 -0700, "safetypro" wrote:
Excellent condition, original receipt (1999) from Universal, original manual and a bound copy, all paperwork. Works perfect. $1000 + shipping (insurance required) to protect buyer and seller. Prefer USPO money order e-mail for scans. and my phone number should you wish to ask questions. 73 JM Boise, Idaho ****. I'll sell mine for that, too. |
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Drake R8B FS
David wrote:
On 6 Aug 2006 16:29:02 -0700, "safetypro" wrote: Excellent condition, original receipt (1999) from Universal, original manual and a bound copy, all paperwork. Works perfect. $1000 + shipping (insurance required) to protect buyer and seller. Prefer USPO money order e-mail for scans. and my phone number should you wish to ask questions. 73 JM Boise, Idaho ****. I'll sell mine for that, too. If only it were two or three thousand, I'd be interested...I mean, who wants a radio that even the unemployed dregs of society can afford? mike |
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m II wrote: David wrote: On 6 Aug 2006 16:29:02 -0700, "safetypro" wrote: Excellent condition, original receipt (1999) from Universal, original manual and a bound copy, all paperwork. Works perfect. $1000 + shipping (insurance required) to protect buyer and seller. Prefer USPO money order e-mail for scans. and my phone number should you wish to ask questions. 73 JM Boise, Idaho ****. I'll sell mine for that, too. If only it were two or three thousand, I'd be interested...I mean, who wants a radio that even the unemployed dregs of society can afford? I'd be more than happy to sell you my R8B for $3000.00 dxAce Michigan USA |
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Drake R8B FS
David wrote: On 6 Aug 2006 16:29:02 -0700, "safetypro" wrote: Excellent condition, original receipt (1999) from Universal, original manual and a bound copy, all paperwork. Works perfect. $1000 + shipping (insurance required) to protect buyer and seller. Prefer USPO money order e-mail for scans. and my phone number should you wish to ask questions. 73 JM Boise, Idaho ****. I'll sell mine for that, too. If Drake doesn't come back into the shortwave market with an R9 or something like that, then I suspect you'll be surprised at what used R8Bs will sell for five or six years from now. Steve |
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Drake R8B FS
Steve wrote:
If Drake doesn't come back into the shortwave market with an R9 or something like that, then I suspect you'll be surprised at what used R8Bs will sell for five or six years from now. Not much. Kenwood R-5000s which IMHO is as good as or better than an R8, sell for $250-$500 depending upon condition and options. A new in the box RB will probably sell for $3,000, but a used one will be in the $500 range, possibly less. Shortwave is a dying hobby, there is no doubt about that. With the FCC giving the green light to BPL, and the movment of people away from radio in general, the demand will continue to drop. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ |
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: Steve wrote: If Drake doesn't come back into the shortwave market with an R9 or something like that, then I suspect you'll be surprised at what used R8Bs will sell for five or six years from now. Not much. Kenwood R-5000s which IMHO is as good as or better than an R8, sell for $250-$500 depending upon condition and options. A new in the box RB will probably sell for $3,000, but a used one will be in the $500 range, possibly less. Shortwave is a dying hobby, there is no doubt about that. With the FCC giving the green light to BPL, and the movment of people away from radio in general, the demand will continue to drop. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ Only time will tell, I guess. I agree that BPL does not bode well for the future. At the same time, I'm not convinced...at least not yet...that BPL will compete successfully against the other sources of broadband access out there. Let's hope that it doesn't. |
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Drake R8B FS
Never owned any of them before,(Drake and Watkins Johnson,what is my
fixation with Watkins Johnson radios anyway? I would like to know.) If I had tree thousand smakeroonies to burn,which one is best? cuhulin |
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Drake R8B FS
www.watervalley.net
Well,let me put my little doggy in the hall and close the door and step out by the road and get my snail mail and those two wimmins who lived next door to me,their snail mail too.(Julie the Bell South woman,now living at her auld homeplace in Natchez,told me on the phone,I would appreciate it if you would) before a ''democrat liberates'' our snail mail. cuhulin |
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Drake R8B FS
"Steve" wrote in message oups.com... Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: Steve wrote: If Drake doesn't come back into the shortwave market with an R9 or something like that, then I suspect you'll be surprised at what used R8Bs will sell for five or six years from now. Not much. Kenwood R-5000s which IMHO is as good as or better than an R8, sell for $250-$500 depending upon condition and options. A new in the box RB will probably sell for $3,000, but a used one will be in the $500 range, possibly less. Shortwave is a dying hobby, there is no doubt about that. With the FCC giving the green light to BPL, and the movment of people away from radio in general, the demand will continue to drop. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ Only time will tell, I guess. I agree that BPL does not bode well for the future. At the same time, I'm not convinced...at least not yet...that BPL will compete successfully against the other sources of broadband access out there. Let's hope that it doesn't. I doubt it, myself. BPL is a latecomer to the scene, and BPL now has to compete not only with cable and DSL but with phone and cable service (courtesy of digital phone and movement toward digital broadcasting). That's not even counting new wireless capabilities. Considering all that the more established competitors have, the only thing that BPL has going for it is that it is over the power lines, which pretty much every home has to have to be a modern home. --Mike L. |
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