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from: Eric Webner
date: 2004-12-07 01:11:18
subject: 02:RE: [drakelist] Expensive R-4C

From: Eric Webner 
Subject: RE: [drakelist] Expensive R-4C

73,
 
Eric KA8FAN
"R. Ton"
<rbton{at}comcast.net> wrote:
"R. Ton" made an utterence to the drakelist gang----------------------------------------------------------------------My guess: Any R4C selling at that price has all the Sherwood mods.That is, it's a modified receiver and can be expected to performbetter than an original R4C and is in perfect condition today. Thesereceivers command a premium. I saw one sell for just under a granda few weeks ago on eBay.It's not so much that the R4C is a lot better than the B, but that thesemods only apply to the C receiver, and that the receiver has recentlybeen tuned by an expert. I'm not seeing these prices on garden varietyR4C's.73, Rob (KFØRT)> -----Original Message-----> From: owner-drakelist{at}www.zerobeat.net> [mailto:owner-drakelist{at}www.zerobeat.net]On Behalf Of Jason Buchanan> Sen! t: Monday, December 06, 2004 7:08 PM> To: drakelist{at}www.zerobeat.net> Subject: [drakelist] Expensive R-4C>>>> Jason Buchanan made an utterence to the drakelist gang> ---------------------------------------------------------------------->> I noticed that some R-4C rigs are selling for over $500, most over> $800... That's a lot of money... can someone explain why so much? I> have an R-4B/T-4XB pair that work well but I don't know if i'd pay $500> for both of them. Nothing against them, they were the first ham rigs I> ever had, first rigs I ever used and have sent a fair bit of CW since I> got my ham ticket - a lot of AM also but that was years ago. But what> piece of the puzzle am I missing here - why the R-4C is so expensive> nowadays? Is it that much better than the R-4B?>>> 73 Jason N1SU> ----------------------------------------------------------------------> On Behalf of Jason Buchanan > Submissions: drakelist{at}www.zerobeat.net> Unsubscribe: majordomo{at}www.zerobeat.net - unsubscribe> drakelist in body> Hopelessly Lost: majordomo{at}www.zerobeat.net - help in body of message> Zerobeat Web Page: >" target="new">http://www.zerobeat.net> Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net >" target="new">http://www.tlchost.net/> ---------------------------------------------------------------------->----------------------------------------------------------------------On Behalf of "R. Ton" Submissions: drakelist{at}www.zerobeat.netUnsubscribe: majordomo{at}www.zerobeat.net - unsubscribe drakelist in bodyHopelessly Lost: majordomo{at}www.zerobeat.net - help in body of messageZerobeat Web Page: Brought" target="new">http://www.zerobeat.netBrought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------http://www.tlchost.net/----------------------------------------------------------------------; Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=29914/*http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250">Learn more. --0-1832109957-1102399879=:2535-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Behalf of Eric Webner Submissions: drakelist{at}www.zerobeat.net Unsubscribe: majordomo{at}www.zerobeat.net - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: majordomo{at}www.zerobeat.net - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: http://www.zerobeat.net Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---
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