Hey it fits my Chrysler new Yorker just fine thank you.   


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-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 1:38 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: ham fests

those ts440's were a very very popular mobile radio for the longest
time...still are, as long as you have a 1983 ford or shevvy 4 by 4 with
a 7 foot dash and 3 feet of clearance under the dash lol.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: ham fests


> lol, I saw a ic-735 for $550 not long ago, I laughed at it, I know
what
they
> go for these days and that's not near it. I saw what TS-440's go for
on
ebay
> and am actually thinking about getting another one as a spare radio,
> something to mess around with for the fun of it. Real cheap these days
and
I
> still know a ton of people that have them for backup radios.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 3:06 PM
> Subject: Re: ham fests
>
>
> > yep, sounds familiar.
> > Although, we have one new and sometimes used dealer that shows up to
most
> > of
> > the alberta ham fests...his prices are not bad actually.
> > I think if a guy is looking for more modern used gear ebay is the
best
ham
> > fest to go to.
> > Ebay has kind of taken over the hamfest market in allot of
ways...and I
> > can
> > see why.  Why would a guy haul a truck load of stuff around the
state to
> > various hamfests, when he can keep it all in his garage and ship it
out
> > when
> > it sells on ebay....likely for more then he would get at a ham
> > fest...paying
> > for gas, possibly time off work and eating out?
> > That said, I think hamfests are still a popular way for hams in an
area
to
> > get together and rag chew and catch up and tell stories excetra.
> > My personal experience is that anything modern, or of any usable
value
at
> > hamfests is way way over priced...but there is always some sucker
who
> > hasn't
> > done his price comparison shopping who will buy an HTX202 for $200
> > thinking
> > its the steal of the week.
> > Or as i posted recently, an IC735 for $600.
> > 73
> > Colin, V A6BKX
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 12:47 PM
> > Subject: ham fests
> >
> >
> >> Hi;
> >> Just returned from a local ham fest.  Never saw such a pile of
> > semiworthless
> >> trash in my life.  I think the most current radio for sale was a
ts830.
> >> Have everyone else experienced similar situations?  They also had
bunches
> > of
> >> used lap tops that were in need of repair.
> >> Richard
> >>
> >>
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