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15th Apr 2015, 3:37 pm | #1 | |
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Help needed to value a HRO 5T
Hello all,
Hopefully this is OK - if not, please move/delete it as appropriate A good friend has a HRO 5T and a set of coilpacks that he wishes to move on, and knowing that it might be of interest to people on this forum, I've offered to help. But we've got no idea of what it might be worth. To be honest, he's not worried about the money as such - his first priority is to ensure that it goes to a genuine collector who will give it a good home. In light of feedback received from this thread, we'll be able to decide a suitable price, and then I'll start a thread in the correct "for sale" section of the forum. I'll be able to put interested parties in contact with the owner via email. It would need to be collected from Evesham - or I could bring it to the NVCF in May. I'll attach some photographs, and here is a description from the owner: Quote:
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15th Apr 2015, 3:39 pm | #2 |
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Re: Help needed to value a HRO 5T
And a few more pictures...
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15th Apr 2015, 5:20 pm | #3 |
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Re: Help needed to value a HRO 5T
I've seen £50 to £70 for HROs with a set of coil packs, and one looking like new with £120 being asked.
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15th Apr 2015, 5:55 pm | #4 |
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Re: Help needed to value a HRO 5T
I would have thought at least £70 with all the coils, etc.
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15th Apr 2015, 11:08 pm | #5 |
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Re: Help needed to value a HRO 5T
Great - thank you both for the suggestions. Will pass this along shortly...
All the best, Mark |
15th Apr 2015, 11:35 pm | #6 |
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Re: Help needed to value a HRO 5T
Some of the coils have screws which when fitted into different positions switch them between general coverage and amateur band bandspread forms. The graphs have the other mode printed on the reverse.
The ones I saw in the past year had homebrew power supplies, not original ones. By the way, in the Museum of communications in Burntisland, they have a brand new unused HRO in all its shiny glory. It was ordered before the war by a wealthy young man who never made it back. The set arrived and his sister put it in his room, still packed. When he died, the family closed up his room until his sister died several years ago. It was a time capsule of pre-war radio hobbyist stuff, no cost spared, and his cars were left in his garage. It is quite interesting to see an HRO as it would appear brand new. David
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16th Apr 2015, 7:54 am | #7 |
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Re: Help needed to value a HRO 5T
Ebay is the place to sell it if you can, sell the band spread coils as a separate lot, they normally fetch a premium, £12 to £20 each on a good day, the receiver plus general coverage coils plus the dog house could realize £120.
If it goes on Ebay it will more than likely go to an enthusiast as much as it would selling it anywhere else. If the band spread coils have the same serial no: as the receiver then ignore what I said above and sell them with the receiver highlighting that fact, if the general coverage coils have the same serial no: as the receiver then ditto as above. Good luck. Lawrence. |
16th Apr 2015, 9:24 am | #8 |
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Re: Help needed to value a HRO 5T
I won the auction at £140 for the same model last year. I had bid 190 for I really wanted one. It too was pristine but without a power supply.
73 Andrew |
17th Apr 2015, 3:49 pm | #9 |
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Re: Help needed to value a HRO 5T
Hi again,
Thanks for all the advice. Having thought about it, my friend has decided on a price, and an advert has been placed. As you'll see, all proceeds of the sale will be donated to the wireless museum, so hopefully everyone benefits from this. Thanks again, Mark |