My thinking was (and remains): "Lower serial number = older = more
hours of use = less desirable". Putting aside, for the moment,
ultra-low serial numbers.
ICOM just changed the PA in the IC-756ProIII, because the previous
transistors have been discontinued. If I owned an earlier ProIII,
I'd be concerned about that; specifically, whether replacements
would be available if it ever needed replacement. Perhaps the new PA
units are backwards-compatible with the older ProIII's. I do not know.
Yes, I'm well aware that occasionally, lower SN's are sometimes more
sought-after. For example, I seem to recall that the 30,000 series
S-lines were considered more desirable, for some reason or other.
Also, I note that you skipped over my comment about the possibility
of future, enhancing hardware rev's. That would certainly affect resale.
Who knows what the future holds?
73,
Steve NN4X
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At 05:31 PM 12/3/2007, you wrote:
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:56:48 -0600
From: K9ZTV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LOW RESALE VALUE OF LOW SERIAL NUMBERS
To: Steve Sacco NN4X <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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Again, firmware upgradable radios are, and will be (by definition) equal
in functionality regardless of serial number.
Contrary to the idea that high serial numbers are superior to lower
ones, many Collins collectors actually prefer lower-numbered
Winged-emblem gear over the higher-numbered Round-emblem gear for
several reasons, not the least of which is that their manufacturing
occurred when Art Collins actually owned the company himself and wiring
was done by conscientious Iowa housewives with high work-ethics and
strong attention to detail. The highest serial-numbered KWM-2As were
manufactured by Rockwell-Collins and not even in the United States
(Canada and Japan). Thus "desirability" is a nebulous concept which
often has little to do with what is "the latest and greatest."
Lower-numbered K3s will have the distinction (if you can call it that)
of having been fretted over by purchasers, beta-testers, AND company
owners during the formative months of the rig's production. Should its
present owners no longer own the company at some point, the above
Collins scenario might well come into play.
Newer is not necessarily better, younger is not necessarily wiser, but
upgradable IS certainly an equalizer.
K9ZTV
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