http://heartlandamerica.com/browse/i...6&BC=S&DL=SEH3

....seems like a good deal.

" Factory serviced to meet original quality standards. May have slight
cosmetic blemishes."

- Not new, still probably OK..

would rather get something like this:

http://www.radiointel.com/review-degende1103.htm

read reviews in link below

http://www.radiointel.com/phil/2005_phil_port_guide.pdf

D. Martin:

Reading the "fine print", they have been "factory serviced", implies there was
an earlier problem with the radios...

John

"D. Martin" wrote in message
oups.com...
http://heartlandamerica.com/browse/i...6&BC=S&DL=SEH3

...seems like a good deal.

Well, they've been carrying these for a while. I actually have
already purchased one, some months ago, and am quite satisfied with it.


Darren

http://hometown.aol.com/darren1965co...e/profile.html

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:50:11 -0700, "John Smith"
wrote:


D. Martin:

Reading the "fine print", they have been "factory serviced", implies there was
an earlier problem with the radios...

John

"D. Martin" wrote in message
roups.com...
http://heartlandamerica.com/browse/i...6&BC=S&DL=SEH3

...seems like a good deal.



Factory serviced means they are probably QC'd better than usual.

John Smith wrote:
D. Martin:

Reading the "fine print", they have been "factory serviced", implies there was
an earlier problem with the radios...

John

"D. Martin" wrote in message
oups.com...

http://heartlandamerica.com/browse/i...6&BC=S&DL=SEH3

...seems like a good deal.




That means they had twice as much attention in the quality control dept.
AS the originally built radio...I've always had better luck with refurbs

That's a good little general purpose radio c'ept it's not SSB
capable...otherwise as good as my ATS 909 which IS hot off the whip

Yodar

These are good radios. That's why I posted this to begin with.

Darren

They are "good" refurbished radios for $80.
A factory new YB400/G4000 for $140 is way overpriced and
can't compare to a Sony 7600GR in the same price range.

"D. Martin" wrote in message
oups.com...
These are good radios. That's why I posted this to begin with.

Darren

I love my YB-400. It's a great portable. Really nice for outdoor use,
but also perfectly fine for indoor use (though of course not as good as
a tabletop model, but that's neither here nor there). It does have SSB,
however, you cannot select between LSB and USB. Frankly, the SSB
performance is nothing to write home about on the YB-400, but it's FM,
AM, and general shortwave reception are very good.

Refurbs can be a good deal.My refurbished 22 inch CRT screen Multisync
FP1350 computer monitor I bought from www.tigerdirect.com last year
works as good as new.I saved a bunch of money on it too.
cuhulin