[BC] In search of Harris SX1

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That is more than a little whacky.

To sell a transmitter means you are going to take quite a hit, likely  
60%.

BUT, that OLDER transmitter is going to be inexpensive too, except  
that it is going to be REALLY expensive to get going on frequency.

This is just a bad economic plan.  It just will never work out.

Add to that the fact that small transmitters have gotten to be VERY  
INEXPENSIVE compared to just a decade or two ago.

There is absolutely no reason to not buy new from a cost standpoint.

One more thing, a SUX1- or SUX-5 really didn't like nearby lightning  
strikes in some instillations.  They would fold back in power, then  
slowly bring it on.

A new Nautel comes with all kinds of neat rings and stuff to keep it  
purring along at full power when things are less than happy outside.

I have to say, if I were given a choice between a SX-1 and a Bauer  
tube transmitter, even if built from a kit, I would take the Bauer.   
They are MUCH easier to change the frequency, from one end of the  
band to the other, or even to the 160, 80, or even (with a lot more  
work) 40 Meter ham bands.  The Harris SX won't do that.

Still, unless it is free, and I have all the time in the world to  
make the mods, even the Bauer is gong to be expensive.  Even once on  
frequency, it is gong to need to be fed tubes, and the labor charges  
to change them.

Get a new Nautel, or even BE or Harris solid state rig, and get on  
with life.

Selling a fairly new solid state rig for the cash, and replace it  
with an older solid state rig is just STUPID.  Just give me $5000 and  
don't do it.  You will come out better with giving me $5k, and doing  
nothing that doing that plan!

--chip

On Mar 9, 2009, at 6:00 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 20
> From: dynotherm at earthlink.net
>
> Say WHAT?
>
> That puts a whole new light on several things.
>
> Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Powell Way <powell at backroads.net>
>>
>> As I said earlier they DO have a modern solid state transmitter. They
>> want to sell it and downgrade to something  "less"......
>> He left that part out of the message.