Madison/washington/dwight etc signal meters

[Mudslinger]

Just out of interest What is the going rate for one of these nowadays, providing that they can be found?

[cb4ever104]

Not very much .

The postage was scary last time i ordered from him. I needed a meter for a washington and couldn't find one locally or even a cheap KP77 to buy for bits. It cost me about £60 in the end

I think I bought 2 new Cobra 2000 GTL meters from him . But the seller I bought the radio from ended up paying for them . But saying that , they weren't cheap either .

You should have asked me about those round meters for the Washingtom . You can get them from our friend wonderco_buy in Taiwan . I think it was these ones I bought .

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130372053919

You need to remove the inlay from the old meter . Then , as I final touch I painted the red needle white with tippex . Good as new . They worked fine in my Maddison .

[Mudslinger]

Fairy Nuff, the thing is I just found one in the loft (from an Audioline homebase)

I didn't want to give it away if it was worth something, but at the same time didn't want to rip anyone off. I have the bulb and bulb holder as well.

[cb4ever104]

Fairy Nuff, the thing is I just found one in the loft (from an Audioline homebase)

I didn't want to give it away if it was worth something, but at the same time didn't want to rip anyone off. I have the bulb and bulb holder as well.

Ahh . Thought you were buying . Not selling .

[Mudslinger]

I generally don't mess around with homebases. They take up far too much room.

[theEarwigger]

I tracked sales of Washingtons/Madisons for a couple of years on eBay.

About 1 in every 2 months crops up. Generally in very poor condition. Prices £100 or more for anything half decent.
My memory can't be too bad because I remember changing the original meter for one from Cirkit in about 1985 because the needle was "lazy" and kept sticking. The scale had to be trimmed just a bit, but to this day it still works!

[Mudslinger]

I think I will wait until ebay have a £1 max selling fees offer on again and chuck it on there.

[Edd200sx]

I used some old cheapo swr meter innards in mine

[cb4ever104]

I think I will wait until ebay have a £1 max selling fees offer on again and chuck it on there.

Looks like Keiron's beat you to it Simon

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153967256564

[Mudslinger]

Well if it fetches £10-15 it is better than a kick in the knackers.

[cb4ever104]

Well if it fetches £10-15 it is better than a kick in the knackers.

I think he's trying to recoup some of the £60 that he paid for his

[slamjam]

No point in it sitting it the drawer! I was suprised how quickly it sold - I should have asked for more!

[cb4ever104]

I should have asked for more!

Yeap !

[Mudslinger]

I am sure it will sell ok, I am tempted to stick it on as an auction and see what happens. It doesn't owe me anything.

[cb4ever104]

If I had my radios here with me at the moment then I'd probably sell them all . The price of things due to Ebay lockdown fever at the moment is crazy .