before Buying my first HF Radio

Post by **robbage** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:37 pm

D'oh! I'll correct that typo to $1222 :-\

Post by **VK6ZMS** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:42 pm

Strictly Ham in Melbourne has them cheaper but I guess you will have the freight cost.
http://www.strictlyham.com.au/Icom/Mobi ... 6MKIIG.htm

Post by **robbage** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:05 pm

Waiting for a reply from them as well.

Post by **robbage** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:37 am

IC-706IIG from Marcom Watson $1184 + delivery, John Tower $1120. Both have DSP. You should ring Tower before any purchase to confirm prices.

(Edit)
ATRC have them on special for $1095 inc DSP and freight.

(Edit2)
$1195 from transceiver services inc DSP and freight.

ConstableCare · Post by **ConstableCare** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:13 pm

Blinky wrote:and Andrews don't seem to appear on a authorised dealer list either...

Correct - they import their gear in from O'Seas too!

Lino · Post by **Lino** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:28 am

Andrews & Prestidge are not Icom australia dealers at all and if something is faulty with the radio icom will not even look at it and the cost can be very high to get it fixed and a long wait to fix the radio and thats what comes down too you save a few dollars but it could be a big hassel later on,I know someone that bought an Icom-R9500 receiver from a retailer that is not an icom dealer and the radio is faulty and although he saved about 2000 dollars buying the imported version its been in repair for the past 9 weeks and he thought he was funny when he said to me that i paid more for my R-9500 and who is having the last laugh.

Regards Lino.

vk6ngs · Post by **vk6ngs** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:41 am

Hi ive bought heaps from Andrews and havent had a problem,Andrews offer there own 3 year warranty on all new radios sold.The only person to steer clear of is vk4ajj Paul Richards hes changed the name from radio exchange to radionet.Strictly ham is about the best ive just bought a FT2000D from there and was hassle free purchase and if you talk to Ross you can get a better deal than he has advertised.Cheers Grant vk6ngs

Lino · Post by **Lino** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:08 am

I bought a lot things from Strictly Ham and Ross will always go out of his way to help people out.

Regards Lino.

ConstableCare · Post by **ConstableCare** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:09 pm

What about Geoff -"NX"- at Ham Shack....

He will do you a special VK6 price - normally way more than anyone else

Of course, he only sells the best gear - Yaesu - in his own mind

Cheers, CC

Post by **Tyranus** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:17 pm

ConstableCare wrote:What about Geoff -"NX"- at Ham Shack....

He will do you a special VK6 price - normally way more than anyone else

Of course, he only sells the best gear - Yaesu - in his own mind

Cheers, CC

Ahh well I used the contact form on Geoff's page to enquire about some bits for my new handheld...haven't heard anything back at all apart from the email that came back saying your request was received.

ConstableCare · Post by **ConstableCare** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:32 pm

Tyranus wrote:
ConstableCare wrote:What about Geoff -"NX"- at Ham Shack....

He will do you a special VK6 price - normally way more than anyone else

Of course, he only sells the best gear - Yaesu - in his own mind

Cheers, CC
Ahh well I used the contact form on Geoff's page to enquire about some bits for my new handheld...haven't heard anything back at all apart from the email that came back saying your request was received.

Why does that not suprise me? Anyone that doesn't even have a proper email address (e.g. enquiries@hamshack etc etc...) for the business has something definately lacking!

It doesn't pay to buy anything local, transceivers or receivers / scanners... much better deals can be found elsewhere - namely on the East Coast sadly enough...

Post by **meg** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:43 pm

Tyranus wrote:Ahh well I used the contact form on Geoff's page to enquire about some bits for my new handheld...haven't heard anything back at all apart from the email that came back saying your request was received.

I was speaking to him recently (last week?) and he mentioned he might be going away for a few days - could be that he's away at the moment.

Some of his Yaesu prices are pretty darned good at the moment too - about 30% cheaper than I've seen at Prestige or Strictly Ham.

ConstableCare · Post by **ConstableCare** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:45 am

meg wrote:Some of his Yaesu prices are pretty darned good at the moment too - about 30% cheaper than I've seen at Prestige or Strictly Ham.

I would like to see that! Examples welcome

Post by **meg** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:23 am

ConstableCare wrote:I would like to see that! Examples welcome

I won't quote the ones he gave me, but by all means call him and see what he says. But about 30% less than Prestige Comms web prices for a couple of Yaesu units I was asking about (a mobile and an HF) is what he told me.

ConstableCare · Post by **ConstableCare** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:12 pm

meg wrote:
ConstableCare wrote:I would like to see that! Examples welcome
I won't quote the ones he gave me, but by all means call him and see what he says. But about 30% less than Prestige Comms web prices for a couple of Yaesu units I was asking about (a mobile and an HF) is what he told me.

Im not suprised he's cheaper than Prestige... They really aren't into Amateur Gear anymore considering there are no licensed Amateur's left working there...

I bet he's not cheaper than some of the East Coast suppliers even when taking into account the freight...