Price of a K2

[Paul Gates, KD3JF]

Anyone have a ball park figure what used K2's are going for these days?

Paul Gates, KD3JF


     
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[WE0H]

I have seen them with various options going for $600.00 thru $700
something. That seems surprisingly low to me when you take a kit & add
in the options and come up right around a grand then the guys are
selling them in the 6-7 hundred range, built... Silly.

Mike
WE0H
K2 S/N 6698


Paul G wrote:
> Anyone have a ball park figure what used K2's are going for these days?
>
> Paul Gates, KD3JF
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[Julian, G4ILO]

WE0H wrote

I have seen them with various options going for $600.00 thru $700
something. That seems surprisingly low to me when you take a kit & add
in the options and come up right around a grand then the guys are
selling them in the 6-7 hundred range, built... Silly.

Perhaps people are wary of buying something that was built by somebody of unknown expertise? I've bought the odd bit of home-built gear (and commercial rigs that had been modified by previous owners) and have seen some absolute stinkers.

[w7aqk]

Mike and All,

You may be right--I haven't watched all that closely--but
what I think I have noticed is that ones selling for the
price range you mention typically are "light" on add-ons.
Typically I see the lower priced ones without internal ATU's
or DSP.  Also, lower priced ones tend to be earlier
versions.  There were substantial changes to the ones that
start with serial numbers above 3000.  I can tell you
though, that early versions work very well, and if they have
been updated, you can't tell much, if any, difference.  I
have #72, and another one in the 4000 range.  Both sound
pretty similar to me.  The great think about a K2 is the
fabulous support you can get for it right here on this
reflector, not to mention Elecraft's superb support team.
If you have a problem with a K2, 99 times out of 100 the
solution is only a few keyclicks away.

Dave W7AQK


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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price of a K2

>I have seen them with various options going for $600.00
>thru $700
> something. That seems surprisingly low to me when you take
> a kit & add
> in the options and come up right around a grand then the
> guys are
> selling them in the 6-7 hundred range, built... Silly.
>
> Mike
> WE0H
> K2 S/N 6698
>
>
> Paul G wrote:
>> Anyone have a ball park figure what used K2's are going
>> for these days?
>>
>> Paul Gates, KD3JF
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[WE0H]

Exactly my thoughts, & the #1 reason I built mine myself. I don't
remember what all options some have had, but I did see at least one that
was with the options I have and it would be a easy $1000.00 kit yet they
sold the radio for 6-7 hundred. Might be the economy and a guy needing
quick cash? Learned my lesson on selling off radio's many years ago,
never gonna sell my rigs!!! hi hi...

Support? Yea there surely isn't a shortage of support for these radio's.
I had a question about the 8v regulator having a bit low voltage out and
that surely got a fast response on the fix and a whole lotta response at
that!!! hi hi...Awesome group, you guys have here.

Mike
WE0H



Julian, G4ILO wrote:

Perhaps people are wary of buying something that was built by somebody of
unknown expertise? I've bought the odd bit of home-built gear (and
commercial rigs that had been modified by previous owners) and have seen
some absolute stinkers.

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Dave wrote:

Mike and All,

You may be right--I haven't watched all that closely--but what I think I
have noticed is that ones selling for the price range you mention
typically are "light" on add-ons. Typically I see the lower priced ones
without internal ATU's or DSP.  Also, lower priced ones tend to be
earlier versions.  There were substantial changes to the ones that start
with serial numbers above 3000.  I can tell you though, that early
versions work very well, and if they have been updated, you can't tell
much, if any, difference.  I have #72, and another one in the 4000
range.  Both sound pretty similar to me.  The great think about a K2 is
the fabulous support you can get for it right here on this reflector,
not to mention Elecraft's superb support team. If you have a problem
with a K2, 99 times out of 100 the solution is only a few keyclicks away.

Dave W7AQK



WE0H wrote:


I have seen them with various options going for $600.00 thru $700
something. That seems surprisingly low to me when you take a kit & add
in the options and come up right around a grand then the guys are
selling them in the 6-7 hundred range, built... Silly.

Mike
WE0H
K2 S/N 6698


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