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Re: NOS TR-4Cw RIT


 

I purchased my TR4CWrit on eBay almost 10 years ago.? It is a very late serial number (@ 50 or so before the end) and is in almost mint, if not mint, condition; complete with NB.? Came with a AC4 rebuilt with a Heathkit Shop upgrade and a Shure 444 desk mic.....The only thing I did was install a new fuse holder as the old one had broken.

?I use it almost weekly when I NCS the Drake West Coast Net.? Very dependable.

I paid $1200....I guess that would be a fantastic price these days...

A few years after I bought it,? I bought an RV4C on eBay.? Paid $125 for it supposedly working.? It did not work,? but I fixed it in short order and it has worked flawlessly since....

73's de Charles, KW6G


On Wed, May 17, 2023, 8:40 AM Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz@...> wrote:
These TR-4CW rigs on ebay have been interesting to me.? I bought one locally about a year ago, a TR-4CW with RIT. ?it is not in good shape, has some rust spots at a couple places on top, and it doesn¡¯t turn on.? The AC-4 needs to be recapped, so it¡¯s hard for me to do much without it.? For various reasons, I¡¯ve decided not to keep it.? A ¡°mint¡± rig went for $2400 a month or so, and the current one seems to be going that way.? On the other hand, one that had a loose mode switch but would turn on just went for $199.95.? That¡¯s so low that fees, packing, and shipping would be a high percentage of the price.

?I sold the rusty RV-4C that came with mine and basically broke even after I agreed on a price and then found out what shipping would be.? The price of shipping has been a game changer for these kinds of rigs, and where I shipped it said they would not provide insurance unless they packed it.? For the RV-4C, that means I would have gone in the hole by quite a bit so I packed it myself.

?The bottom line is that if someone is interested, I would be glad to send pictures and talk about it.? I was the second owner of this rig and should have kept it.? Now, I am again about the fifth owner and would like to see it go where it could be fixed and appreciated. ?

73,
Dennis, W5RZ

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