Date: Sun, 13 Feb 94 04:30:24 PST From: Ham-Equip Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Equip-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Equip@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Ham-Equip Digest V94 #31 To: Ham-Equip Ham-Equip Digest Sun, 13 Feb 94 Volume 94 : Issue 31 Today's Topics: Cheap used equipment? general advice for new stereo Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Ham-Equip Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-equip". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 19:02:18 GMT From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!gatekeeper.es.dupont.com!esds01.es.dupont.com!GRIB%esvx17.es.dupont.com@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Cheap used equipment? To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu In article <2jc11h$18pm@inca.gate.net>, shawnf@inca.gate.net (Shawn Friedel) writes: > > Does anyone know where I could get some cheap ham equipment? > > Thanks > shawnf@inca.gate.net Shawn, Well, you can try a few obvious places, Hamfests, Want-Ad's in QST and other ham-oriented magazines, or the Yellow Sheets. Frankly, here on the east coast, most hamfests have become either junkyards for misc commercial electronic junk, or computer swap meets where you have major computer dealers, and used computer dealers selling their wares along with software. Most hamfests don't have very much ham radio gear there any more, but it's useful to look, bring cash, and prepare to dicker a bit. Regarding QST, CQ, 73, and World Radio magazines, usually the ad's placed are at least 3 months old (due to lead time for the magazine to be published). You may get lucky, but most people probrably would have sold the gear by the time it hits the streets within the magazine. Yellow sheets....There are a few bi-weekly newspapers that are oriented to selling rigs. One of the best is the Yellow Sheets. Look in QST for a AD to get their address. They offer a mini 4 issue subscription pretty cheap, and you can find about anything from soup to nuts in there. Again, have cash ready and be prepared to call quickly since most popular items (and cheap ones) go quickly. One last place, in QST there are a few places that advertise used gear, Assoicated Radio is one of them, get a idea of how much you have to spend, and give them a call, find out their guarentee, and shipping when you make the call, so you know beforehand. There are several besides Associated Radio, and this may run your phone bill up a bit since most places don't accept calls for used gear on their 800 lines, since it costs them for the call. Good Luck, Joe KI3B ------------------------------ Date: 08 Feb 1994 19:29:23 GMT From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!linus!linus.mitre.org!linus!jlh@network.ucsd.edu Subject: general advice for new stereo To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu I'm looking to purchase a new stereo and I was wondering if you might provide some insight and advice. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I would like a stereo with excellent sound quality for classical and rock music. I would like 2 tape drives and a 1+ CD platter for continuous play. Friends have tried to encourage me towards getting surround sound, but that raises the price even more. What are some good name brands? Where are the best stores to shop for whole systems and components? Is surround sound worth it? Thank you in advance, Jean Henchey jlh@linus.mitre.org ------------------------------ End of Ham-Equip Digest V94 #31 ******************************