ePay is ePay.... always will be. The e-mailing lists are a far better place to buy and sell if you are more patient.
I sold a nice Johnston 500 transmitter on the lists about 2 or 3 years ago for $850.00 so $1.5K seems high and anything above that is way more than you should have to pay even for an excellent one. Your smileage may vary. > Good Morning to the AM'rs & SWLs, > > I'll take a stab at the topic, the value of this Johnson 500 on epay. > Transmitters and receivers are a touchy feely thing with me. I like to > handle the merchandise. So, epay isn't where I'd purchase any transmitter or > receiver. On the other hand, watching junkson "500s" on the auction place > for the last 4 years, the $3K range seems to be just about right for a > complete working 500. > > Yes, some have gone for $1.5K or so but all the big pieces were not included > and or it was clear the 500 in question wasn't working. In the end, buyer > and the seller determine the selling price. > > A Johnson 500 is my Studio A transmitter, purchased in the fall of 2004 for > less than half of the 500's price just sold on epay. Most of the big pieces > were there, it didn't work or had been on the air in maybe 15 years or so. > The swinging choke in the PS/Mod had been replaced with a piece of junk > choke, mod tranny had lots of talkback, needed recapped, missing the three > interconnecting cables, no key. As added value, some CB mods were included > in the keying circuit?????? A couple AC relays in the PS to replace DC > relays, of course this didn't work because the relays function on DC voltage > from the bias supply. You get the picture! > > After two months of work, day & night, it finally made some RF. Retirement > let me spend this amount of time on the transmitter. If I were to sell it > today at $3K, good chance I'd lose money, not even considering my labor. > > EF Johnson only made 865 of these transmitters, I'm happy with mine. > > 73's > wd8kdg > Craig > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
