wrote:

It's the crappy mechanical tuning encoder that the tuning knob
operates. Drake should have stayed with the higher quality optical
encoder like the old R-8 had. This problem is common in the SW-2 also
because it uses the same encoder.

Frank

Drake told me they had a problem with the optical encoder and that's why
they changed to the mechanical one. Replacing the mechanical encoder is
pretty easy for someone with basic electronics skills. The part costs
less than $20. Part # is 3260012

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