SSB Radio - the fun continues

Everyone needs an SSB radio if they are heading towards the high seas.  Okay, not everyone but I do.  Another item needed to make the boat "livable" for us.  I want to be able to send and receive e-mails from family and friends while we are cruising and the best way for us to do that is with an SSB radio.  Believe it or not, these things are expensive.  So if you can find a good, used one, well you snatch it up.  We found a great deal on ebay or craigslist for a slightly used radio so we bought it.  Below you will see a picture of it.

 

What?  All you see is a hole?  There's a reason for that...not everything you buy on ebay or craigslist actually works!  We received the radio and Daniel installed it.  He worked for about three weeks on it trying to get it to work and it never would.  Now, he doesn't give up easily so we mailed it off to a radio repair shop.  After the initial "look over" it was determined that it was going to take a lot of money to fix it.  Bottom line, please say hello to my brand new SSB radio.  It was received yesterday and was installed and is working in less than 1/2 a day. 



LESSON LEARNED:  not every "good deal" is a good deal.