"Sanjaya" wrote in message
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Yesterday I was thinking about what a great deal I got
on the Radio Shack DX-399 (Sangean ATS-606)
when RS closed them out at $40. I bought 2.

That got me wondering what you consider to be
your "steal of a lifetime". The recent amazon.com
pricing of $150 for the Sony SW-07 comes to mind.

What did you purchase for a great price, or even get
free?

Some ham-op in the neighborhood passed away in 97.

Some months later I met his wife, who was putting
out large folded boxes on the curb the night before
trash night. Slammed on the brakes, backed up into
the driveway and offered to help her "clean out".

She accepted and was glad to get rid of "..all that radio
crap" her husband had filled 1/2 of their basement with.
(She was moving to Florida to live with her relatives
and had to clean out the house as it was sold, she also
didn't care much for her deceased hubby's 'radio
hobby' as she said he would "..tear into the telephone
with his big antenna and wreck TV reception unil
he sprang for cable."

From this chance evening encounter, I scored a Drake SW-8,
one Drake TR4-C's w/speakers, a Kenwood 850,
two Hammerlund HQ-170A's one Clipperton-L
Linear, a nickle-plated Vibroplex Bug and 5 crates of
radio tubes & parts........all for **no charge** except
muscle work and hoisting into my Ford P/U.
(plus a triband beam antenna and tower a week later)

Needless 2 say, I was a very, very, very, happy camper. ; )

"kiebassa 20" wrote in message
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Some ham-op in the neighborhood passed away in 97.

Some months later I met his wife, who was putting
out large folded boxes on the curb the night before
trash night. Slammed on the brakes, backed up into
the driveway and offered to help her "clean out".

She accepted and was glad to get rid of "..all that radio
crap" her husband had filled 1/2 of their basement with.
(She was moving to Florida to live with her relatives
and had to clean out the house as it was sold, she also
didn't care much for her deceased hubby's 'radio
hobby' as she said he would "..tear into the telephone
with his big antenna and wreck TV reception unil
he sprang for cable."

From this chance evening encounter, I scored a Drake SW-8,
one Drake TR4-C's w/speakers, a Kenwood 850,
two Hammerlund HQ-170A's one Clipperton-L
Linear, a nickle-plated Vibroplex Bug and 5 crates of
radio tubes & parts........all for **no charge** except
muscle work and hoisting into my Ford P/U.
(plus a triband beam antenna and tower a week later)

Needless 2 say, I was a very, very, very, happy camper. ; )

And of course you sold the equipment and gave the widow half the money.

DeWayne

Makes you think that you gotta tell the wife what to do with your sHi$ when
you are gone. It's great that you got the stuff rather that it going to the
dump! Did you get any of the logs that he may of kept?

"kiebassa 20" wrote in message
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"Sanjaya" wrote in message
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Yesterday I was thinking about what a great deal I got
on the Radio Shack DX-399 (Sangean ATS-606)
when RS closed them out at $40. I bought 2.

That got me wondering what you consider to be
your "steal of a lifetime". The recent amazon.com
pricing of $150 for the Sony SW-07 comes to mind.

What did you purchase for a great price, or even get
free?

Some ham-op in the neighborhood passed away in 97.

Some months later I met his wife, who was putting
out large folded boxes on the curb the night before
trash night. Slammed on the brakes, backed up into
the driveway and offered to help her "clean out".

She accepted and was glad to get rid of "..all that radio
crap" her husband had filled 1/2 of their basement with.
(She was moving to Florida to live with her relatives
and had to clean out the house as it was sold, she also
didn't care much for her deceased hubby's 'radio
hobby' as she said he would "..tear into the telephone
with his big antenna and wreck TV reception unil
he sprang for cable."

From this chance evening encounter, I scored a Drake SW-8,
one Drake TR4-C's w/speakers, a Kenwood 850,
two Hammerlund HQ-170A's one Clipperton-L
Linear, a nickle-plated Vibroplex Bug and 5 crates of
radio tubes & parts........all for **no charge** except
muscle work and hoisting into my Ford P/U.
(plus a triband beam antenna and tower a week later)

Needless 2 say, I was a very, very, very, happy camper. ; )

"Jim Douglas" wrote in message
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Makes you think that you gotta tell the wife what to do with your sHi$ when
you are gone. It's great that you got the stuff rather that it going to the
dump! Did you get any of the logs that he may of kept?

I have already spelled out in 'legal terms' what
the exact disposition of the radio gear I have
is to be. (plus the wife already knows how to
watch out for the hams who peruse the Obit
postings)

Unfortunatly his logs, along with the manuals
and paper files for the radios were gone 2 weeks
before I arrived, via the "green plastic 10 gallon bag"
inside of the trash can. Can't have everything !

: )

My drake R8B for $1,199 three years ago.

Paul

when i was 10 i got an rca ar-88 (still got it) for free and just last week
i got a drake r8 for free it works great as well.



"pjw" wrote in message
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My drake R8B for $1,199 three years ago.

Paul

What did you purchase for a great price, or even get
free?




My grandfather gave me his Johnson Ranger, and a Hammarlund BC
794 Super Pro.

Bet purchase was an auction. 3 1924-26 Charles Freshman's and
one '26 Sun Model 50 TRF, all for $1.


Found an antique shop in Crete, Illinois with a Halli S-40B
for $10.

But my fave is my Philco model 90 floor model for $37 at an
antique store in Rockford. They said it didn't work.

They were wrong.



heheheh.