[GreenKeys] What is value of DS3100 and ST6

[Don Cunningham]

Lee,
You hit the nail RIGHT one the head!!  I'd dearly love to get that sprocket 
feed KSR that Jack offered, BUT he's about an 8 hour drive, one way from me 
and even at the "lower" prices of today, that's probably $80 - 100 fuel cost 
round trip for the old Ranger pickup, an overnight stay at a motel ($50 - 75 
here in the midwest), food both ways, and even if the gear is free, that's 
an investment nowadays.  I have a couple of nice ASR's that I got from a 
list member several years ago, drove about the same distance to get and paid 
what I thought was a fair price at the time (less that he had in them, I'm 
sure), but I'd have to give them away, and STILL probably couldn't get 
anyone to come off the beaten path this far to even retreive them, hi.  Oh 
well............so much for the "good ole days", when I would drive hundreds 
of miles to pick up these "treasures" with no thought at all for cost, time, 
IF I'd ever use it, etc.,  hi.
73 all,
Don, WB5HAK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Mushel" <herbert3 at centurytel.net>
To: "Don Cunningham" <wb5hak at martineer.net>; "Jim Pruitt" 
<wa7duy at charter.net>; "Greenkeys RTTY" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] What is value of DS3100 and ST6


>I found the Jim and Don's discussion to be very interesting and timely.   I
> don't know why actual teletype equipment isn't more highly valued but my
> recent experience certainly confirms the fact that one simply can't expect
> any return on the investment.   I suspect that's because younger people 
> have
> no idea what an operating machine is like.  But you also have to be aware
> that this does not apply to older transmitting and receiving tube gear. 
> In
> fact, if you have what we used to call Hi Fi gear it can actually generate 
> a
> return.   I recently saw an old mono heathkit amp which I happen to have
> built in the late 50's and still have sell on ebay for nearly ten times 
> its
> original price!
>
> In contrast, a teletype machine that I might have paid $200 for in the
> sixties would have to be given to me today!
>
> 73
>
> Lee   K9WRU
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Cunningham" <wb5hak at martineer.net>
> To: "Jim Pruitt" <wa7duy at charter.net>; "Greenkeys RTTY"
> <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 7:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] What is value of DS3100 and ST6
>
>
>> Jim,
>> I would say he was WAY off base, with prices I see.  $50 is about tops 
>> per
>> item for the older, dedicated gear, and often much less.  I tell my XYL
> not
>> to expect to regain ANY of the funds I spend on RTTY items, even if they
> are
>> new like the ST-8000A, as when I"m gone, there will likely be no takers.
>> Therefore, the value of the items is to me, and their usage to me.  I got
> a
>> Hal DS3100ASR with high hopes of putting a mailbox on the air for 
>> RTTY'ers
>> to use, and that idea was met with a wall of silence, so that item is
>> stored, with many others, hi.  And no, I don't want to sell it.
>> 73,
>> Don, WB5HAK
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jim Pruitt" <wa7duy at charter.net>
>> To: "Greenkeys RTTY" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 12:38 AM
>> Subject: [GreenKeys] What is value of DS3100 and ST6
>>
>>
>> > Can someone give an idea of the value of a Hal DS3100ASR?  Can you also
>> > give
>> > me an idea of the value of a Hal ST6 with internal scope?
>> >
>> > I was at a hamfest in Puyallup today.  Someone had some rtty gear.
> Among
>> > the offerings was a Hal DS3100ASR that he wanted $400 for.  He also had
> a
>> > Hal ST6 with scope for $255.
>> >
>> > I considered those prices to be way out of line.  Am I the one that is
> out
>> > of touch with reality?
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> > WA7DUY
>> >
>> >
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