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SONY CRF V21 shortwave radio
« on: September 09, 2019, 1932 UTC »
I saw a SONY CRF V21 shortwave radio on Ebay with a buy it now price of $12,000. It looked like the current bidding was over $9,000. I had never seen this receiver before. It has an internal thermal printer to print RTTY and Fax transmissions. If you are lucky enough to have one it was a good investment!


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Re: SONY CRF V21 shortwave radio
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2019, 2107 UTC »
I saw an ad in MT wanteds back in the 90s for these, someone or some org had gotten several from the Saudi embassy I think it was. They wanted like 4k for each back then.
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Re: SONY CRF V21 shortwave radio
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2019, 1958 UTC »
WX satellite delivered analog WEFAX services were discontinued on 12 March 2008
« Last Edit: September 11, 2019, 1445 UTC by sat_dxer »
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Re: SONY CRF V21 shortwave radio
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2019, 1422 UTC »
I think these do hf fax too.
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Re: SONY CRF V21 shortwave radio
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2019, 0334 UTC »
A lot of the older Sony stuff commands high prices, even the lower end models. I recently saw a Sony ICF-38 (a very good AM-FM portable, almost as good as a Superadio), which was discontinued two years ago, going for $199 -- new in the box. I got mine about 5 years ago for $24.

The Sony EX5MK2, probably one of the best MW portables made, was discontinued a year and a half ago. They went for $150 new. Now they've sometimes more than doubled in price.

On one of the ham forums there are some threads complaining about used receiver prices... R8's, IC-71's, etc. commanding super high prices, used.

I think I saw an advertisement for the Sony CRF V21 a long time ago. Looked like a very complex radio, especially with the printer. It seems one would have an issue finding paper for the printer nowadays, though.
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