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How to sell a Drake R8B?
Joe Analssandrini wrote: Dear David, This is just out of curiosity and you don't have to reply if you don't want to, but WHY would you sell a Drake R8B? Best, Joe Odd and slightly argumentative question, but my guess is he wants the cash more than the radio. |
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How to sell a Drake R8B?
Dear John,
You're right. I guess I could have asked my question more diplomatically. I certainly didn't mean to be argumentative. I just hope that David is not abandoning the shortwave hobby. While I never owned a Drake R8, I know it is one of the very best receivers out there and, even if I were buying something else, I would want to keep it. (Can you have too many SW radios?) There is no question that someday it will be considered a "classic" and should command a much higher price (both in absolute AND relative terms) than it does today. I know that, frankly, it is none of my business. I am just curious. I do hope that, if he does in fact sell the radio, he gets a good price and the radio goes to a good home. Best, Joe Joe Analssandrini wrote: Dear David, This is just out of curiosity and you don't have to reply if you don't want to, but WHY would you sell a Drake R8B? Best, Joe Odd and slightly argumentative question, but my guess is he wants the cash more than the radio. |
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How to sell a Drake R8B?
Joe Analssandrini wrote: Dear John, You're right. I guess I could have asked my question more diplomatically. I certainly didn't mean to be argumentative. I just hope that David is not abandoning the shortwave hobby. While I never owned a Drake R8, I know it is one of the very best receivers out there and, even if I were buying something else, I would want to keep it. (Can you have too many SW radios?) There is no question that someday it will be considered a "classic" and should command a much higher price (both in absolute AND relative terms) than it does today. I know that, frankly, it is none of my business. I am just curious. I do hope that, if he does in fact sell the radio, he gets a good price and the radio goes to a good home. Best, Joe Yes, I agree the Drake ranks up there as a high performing shortwave radio with lots of features for manipulating a signal. If it isn't a classic it soon will be along with other hobby favorites from Kenwood, Japan Radio, Icom and Yaesu. On a somewhat related note, do you know whether Yaesu and Icom have dropped their receiver lines? There were many messages about their pending demise on this forum and at some point Universal Radio gave some indication that was the case. Best wishes for a fine new years.... |
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How to sell a Drake R8B?
"John S." wrote in message oups.com... Joe Analssandrini wrote: Dear John, You're right. I guess I could have asked my question more diplomatically. I certainly didn't mean to be argumentative. I just hope that David is not abandoning the shortwave hobby. While I never owned a Drake R8, I know it is one of the very best receivers out there and, even if I were buying something else, I would want to keep it. (Can you have too many SW radios?) There is no question that someday it will be considered a "classic" and should command a much higher price (both in absolute AND relative terms) than it does today. I know that, frankly, it is none of my business. I am just curious. I do hope that, if he does in fact sell the radio, he gets a good price and the radio goes to a good home. Best, Joe Yes, I agree the Drake ranks up there as a high performing shortwave radio with lots of features for manipulating a signal. If it isn't a classic it soon will be along with other hobby favorites from Kenwood, Japan Radio, Icom and Yaesu. On a somewhat related note, do you know whether Yaesu and Icom have dropped their receiver lines? There were many messages about their pending demise on this forum and at some point Universal Radio gave some indication that was the case. Best wishes for a fine new years.... The IC-R75 is still around. Apparently Icom took some grief from dropping it, and they brought it back with the UT-106 installed at the factory. The Yaesu FRG-100b is still kicking around, mainly because it's such a slow seller that stocks haven't been depleted yet. --Mike L. |
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