How much is this module worth?

ssybert · Post by **ssybert** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:41 pm

I've got a working 0105956v67 pull from an XTS3000 and have a friend interested in buying it. Problem is, dont know how much it's worth. I can't find any sold in the Forsale forum, none on ebay or anywhere else. I want to say I paid about $200.00 for my module a year or so ago but can't remember. Looking up this particular module it comes back as a DES-OFB / DES-XL. I dont want to screw my buddy but I dont want him screwing me either. Whats the going rate on one of these bad boys?

Thanks, Scott.

Post by Pj » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:16 pm

That part number doesn't come up as anything on MOL. v68 comes up as a coax assembly..

Post by Pj » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:17 pm

As an FYI, eBay prices for modules are down to nada. I almost didn't even sell my DVP-XL/DES-XL for $100.

ssybert · Post by **ssybert** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:20 pm

http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.p ... 0105956v67

0105956V67 des-ofb and des-xl (UCM)

This is per Batdude. I imagine is information is accurate but have no way of confirming. I do know the module has been discontinued and apparently /\/\ hasn't replaced it with any other part.

Scott.

ASTROMODAT · Post by **ASTROMODAT** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:36 pm

Someone commented that their DES-XL module was almost worthless. Very easy to believe, as no one cares about the old analog FM stuff anymore. Check eBay and compare the prices of a Spectra versus an ASTRO Spectra. Compare the price of a Saber to an ASTRO Saber. A ratio of about 1 to 5, even when the FM gear is nearly new-in-the-box and the ASTRO gear is fairly beat up. And, keep in mind that when this old analog FM stuff sold new from Motorola, it was the same price as the ASTRO ready stuff. Since then, technology has marched ahead, and new Public Safety systems demand P25 capabilities. The marketplace has spoken, and even ASTRO ready gear (e.g., not equipped with IMBE firmware) is way, way more valuable than the old analog FM only variety. Thus, the associated encryption modules follow suite in terms of value. A DES-XL module typically sells for well under $100.

A DES-OFB module is a current front line encryption method of choice for modern ASTRO digital ops, second only to AES. It is increasingly typical that Homeland Security contracts include a hard requirement that to be eligible to bid you must have P25 capabilities, and be equipped with DES-OFB, in order to even have a chance for bid consideration. DES-XL, and the like, are useless for this purpose. Thus, the low value of used DES-XL modules versus the high value of DES-OFB modules.

IMHO, $200 is an extremely fair price for a known good/guaranteed working DES-OFB module. I've seen them sell for as high as $400, although $200 to $300 would be more typical. I'd ask for not a penny less than $250, and you should have a fair outcome for both parties.

Larry