Pete KE9OA wrote:

U bet you............I've got it apart right
now......................cleaning the contacts on the regulator board got
the low end of the low band VCO working....................the high band VCO
only works up at MHz. I am thinking, that with the high S/N, it looks like
the owner of this radio sold the R7A face plate to somebody and installed an
R7 faceplate on this radio before he moved it out.
I played a little bit with the R8...........now I see why everybody likes it
so much. I think I will modify it so the preamp works on all ranges, that
is, after I remove that pesky MW attenuator. Nice receivers.

I just saw a message on the Drake reflector wondering about a possible change
due to the serial number. Thought it must be an R7A vs. an R7.

Name Dan, by any chance?