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February 6th 06, 09:18 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors

On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, wrote:

This is a good idea. BUT,I can think of lots of "side effects" to it..
Mostly technical..A great percentage of estate radio equipment is
obsolete,broken,needing unavailable parts, etc. New hams are not
usually interested in books,tech data ,construction tools ,material
etc.sad but true..Some radio clubs will take estates and sort them out
,direct the items to someone that will appreciate them..A radio club
would be my suggestion.. good luck..W4PQW

Another problem: I went to look at a deceased ham's station that the widow
wanted to get rid of and somehow the widow, who didn't know much about the
value of used gear but could look up stuff in a recent QST, thought that
the "package" (including peripheral stuff) she wanted to sell was for full
list price new (even for gear that was 20+ years old). No, we're not talking
about Collins or rare Halicrafters, either. And, she told me "Well, I'm not
going to give it away" when I offered what it was worth to me (and I only
wanted a small fraction of it, and not that badly either). And, I didn't
even begin to explain about why I might want to have to take some time to
_test_ the stuff to my own satisfaction or that you don't sell used cars
at new car prices. And, I'd want a test drive, too.