Most likely to make a nice profit as they are very much in demand right now. It's actually pretty brilliant, wait until after Dayton after thousands of hams have seen the product and dream about owning one, then list it on QTH.com and let the offers roll in.
Either that, or he needs gas money. :-) 73 Matt W5LL ------------------------------------------------ I have known some Hams who do this routinely. Their interest in is putting their hands on most of the new rigs that come on the market more than searching for a particular rig. Once in a while they stumble across something they keep, but that's not the objective. What they really seem to enjoy is being able to say "Oh yes, I had one of those..." and go on to discuss their experience with it. Sort of "bragging rights" in a way. Some are those for whom a US$5,000 or $10,000 outlay requires no more thought that most of us might put into deciding to have a latte or stop at the Pub for a pint. For others, it's simply how they spend money, whether it represents something significant in their budget or not. After all, by putting the gear on the market after playing with it for a while they recover most of their money and possibly even turn a profit on an especially popular rig. I know what you're thinking. Hams must be a strange bunch. Good insight! Would you believe that some of us actually build a little rig that runs no more than five watts and hang around on the shortwave bands sending Morse when we could be yakking on the phone or pounding out e-mails? Now what's the sense in that? None, of course, at first glance. It's simply doing what interests us. And doing that is exactly how we create interesting and exciting lives. Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
