starman wrote in message ...
Paul_Morphy wrote:

"Frank Dresser" wrote in message
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The crabby, yet resourceful, radio guy has alternatives.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2393147511

Hey, those aren't real Vice Grips, they're copies. The OP had a real,
original, SX-100 Mk II. The only thing heavier was his expectation of
getting $700 for it.

"PM"

Mine has all the knobs and I'll sell it for $500. :-)

The old guy I work with offered to give me one of those free. No joke.
He still has it...I wasn't really that interested...That radio looks
to be in real good shape, but $700??? I almost fell over laughing...
Whatever chemical he is using, I want some...
Also I quote:
This is the ultimate in shortwave listening hardware, and an
extremely capable ham radio communications receiver.

Hardly...Not even in 1955 when it was built.....The old 50's collins
receivers would eat that thing alive in nearly all aspects. And I
wouldn't pay $700 for an old collins, although I'm sure many others
would... Any of my old drakes "2C-2CQ, or the R4" would smoke that
thing as far as overall performance.
Before E-bay came along and gave everyone delusions of grandeur, I
would have offered maybe $100 for that SX-100 if I saw it at a flea
market. Pay $150-$175 tops...I'm absolutely serious. I bought my 2C
and 2CQ for $125...I bought the R4 receiver and a T4XB transmitter,
and a power supply/speaker for half what he wants for that thing. $700
for a SX-100? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLhoooooohaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwhahahahahahahahahahah
If I spent $700, I'd be dang sure I got a real radio, not a relic of
mid 50's technology. You can buy a new Icom IC-706mk2g transceiver for
about that price, and the receiver in that "low budget" icom would
smoke that SX-100. And the icom talks at 100w out! The 706 is also all
band, all mode, to 470 mhz...
Dunno about you, but I know which line I'd be standing in....
Me use a SX-100 on the ham bands? Ya gotta be kidding....I want
something stable. An SX-100 is not very stable to todays standards.
Maybe when I was a novice working peanut whistle CW back in the
70's....I used to get anal cuz my old TS-520 drifted up and down 40
cycles with the AC cycling...I'd end up shooting that old SX-100
before it was over with...
I notice the bids floodeth over... :/

BTW, I normally don't get "crabby" and comment on bids, sales, etc,
but this is just silly. You'd think the thing was platinum plated or
was Ike's personal presidential radio or something.....I've seen many
people nearly give those old things away. I can have one free anytime
I feel like making a short 2 mile drive. I'd feel like I was probably
ripping someone off if I turned around and sold it for $300, much less
$700... But , to each his own. If you don't get any bids, you'll know
why...I'd say you need to re-evaluate the pricing a bit...Good grief,
but good luck. MK

"Mark Keith" wrote in message
om...
The old guy I work with offered to give me one of those free. No joke.
He still has it...I wasn't really that interested...That radio looks
to be in real good shape, but $700??? I almost fell over laughing...

Tell your friend I'll pay the shipping and he can send it to me..

"Mark Keith" wrote in message
om...
If I spent $700, I'd be dang sure I got a real radio, not a relic of
mid 50's technology.

Some American posted on uk.radio.amateur earlier this week about a Racal
RA-17 (the original Wadley Look receiver) that he'd just bought for $700 on
ebay. When he plugged it in it blew a fuse, but he still thought he got a
great deal. There must not be enough meds to go around.

Dunno about you, but I know which line I'd be standing in....
Me use a SX-100 on the ham bands? Ya gotta be kidding....I want
something stable. An SX-100 is not very stable to todays standards.

I had the same model, the Mark II, new in 1962. It was stable enough in
terms of drift, but on 20 and above the mechanical stability was poor, as in
microphonics. And the bandspread on the higher bands was lousy, as it was on
all receivers like that. My parents bought me the SX-100 when I got my
Novice license. It was better than the 1930s console radio I got for 75
cents at the Salvation Army and built a BFO for, but I always lusted after a
Drake 2-B (the Hallicrafters was a 'surprise'--I wasn't consulted or I'd
have gone for the 2B.) Years later I finally got to own two 2Bs (one for the
Ranger II and one for the Eico 720, couldn't have a transmitter without a
receiver). I agree, it was a good radio for its time. But it didn't have
general coverage, either. Different applications. Fortunately, I got the
nostalgia thing out of my system, and I made a small profit when I sold the
boatanchors. If all I wanted were a receiver and I had $700 to blow, I'd
look for an R8. Ham transceivers are good for ham radio but the general
coverage receivers weren't designed for program listening, and it shows. But
you're right, a transceiver would still be a better deal than that SX-100.
Who knows, he might get his price. All he needs is one sad case with more
money than sense to feel a twinge of unrequited childhood angst.

"PM"

(ROBMURR) wrote in message ...
I just passed one up at an antique shop
in similar external condition for $195....

Thats a little more realistic. MK