What happened to the Red Curtains ??? I see they are now white. In most
circles, white represents virginity and purity....much the opposite of our
friend Martin.

I once owned a late serial SW-8 but sold it because it ate batteries and the
display was fading and becoming intermittent, a common SW-8 problem as I see
now others are reporting the same problem.

A better alternative is to buy an E-1 eton, I see Universal radio is
offering several, used, in the $350-$399 range.


"Geary Morton" wrote in message
...
Radio-Mart has an SW8 on ebay with an incredibly misleading description.
He states that the serial number (4H12950015) is a late number and that
the radio is "one of the last ones produced." Anyone who knows these
radios will recognize this to be more correctly one of the EARLIEST of
the SW8 series from the first 6 months of production in August of 1994
with no sideband selectable synchronous detection, limited LW frequency
range and no whip antenna pre-amp - significant improvements that
greatly added to the functionality and value of these rigs. His comment
about "peering through the plastic bag" to read this number is
laughable, as his photograph shows it sitting unwrapped!

http://tinyurl.com/yuaxla

If you're looking for an SW8, wait for a truly later model offered by an
honest seller with a serial that begins with at least 6B.

Geary