I've seen Jeff's ads on Ebay for years, and think it's more of him understanding his market very well. Who else is going to buy those crystals for an FT 101 rig? CB'ers and freebanders are really the only ones. Same thing goes for the wide AM filters for the 101's. He states "don't gripe at me for the prices being driven up so high, it's the CB'ers that are creating the demand". Not too many of the ham AM guys chase down the FT 101's for amateur use. Perhaps he is being snide, or perhaps he thinks it is funny. Who knows? What I do know is that I have read his reviews, and he seems to get very good reports for repairing the FT 101 series of transceivers, and giving free advice.
73,
RT307