There's no way to keep any ding-dong from putting any kind of nutty, inaccurate, misleading ad on eBay. I for one just bypass ads which say things such as, "We don't know anything about this unit," or ads which say 800 mHz and the data indicates UHF, and so forth. Too much risk, not worth my time, no matter how much I may want/need/covet the item being sold, assuming it is what the ad is trying to make me believe it is.
And don't forget: "Can't Test = Doesn't work!"
Tom, W2NJS
...in D.C.
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Tom in D.C.
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My experience with that...
I too am wary of almost anything that says stuff like that. Like the guy who says "MTS2000 brand new, oh and it's in a new case and doesn't have any tags" and when asked to provide the flashcode, and having to be told how to access it, says, "Nothing came up, it went from the serial # to RF TEST".
However..... I saw an auction a while ago for an MCS2000 UHF marked "JUNK!". Upon checking it out, the story goes: Someone tried to convert it to a VHF radio by changing the model # in software (somehow) from M01RHM9CC6AN (the corrent model number), to m01khm9cc6an (in lowercase, yes). Like the seller said in his auction, "Wonder of wonders, it didn't do the trick".
Anyway I scooped up the radio which was being sold as "junk" because the seller couldn't guarantee it would work in UHF any more. Well, it works just fine, just like the old MT1000 our "radio tech" programmed with the model number changed to the name of our town manager...
Anyway I don't dispute that most of those "can't test" or "don't have any more info" auctions are bad news. But I just wanted to point out that there are SOME good stories out there too.
--j.
However..... I saw an auction a while ago for an MCS2000 UHF marked "JUNK!". Upon checking it out, the story goes: Someone tried to convert it to a VHF radio by changing the model # in software (somehow) from M01RHM9CC6AN (the corrent model number), to m01khm9cc6an (in lowercase, yes). Like the seller said in his auction, "Wonder of wonders, it didn't do the trick".
Anyway I scooped up the radio which was being sold as "junk" because the seller couldn't guarantee it would work in UHF any more. Well, it works just fine, just like the old MT1000 our "radio tech" programmed with the model number changed to the name of our town manager...
Anyway I don't dispute that most of those "can't test" or "don't have any more info" auctions are bad news. But I just wanted to point out that there are SOME good stories out there too.
--j.