Considerable use +/- four hours heavy use every single day
Encoder started going wobbly after four years
Yes, I am the original owner
Will only do the replacement next week sometime when the engineer has
time - he will also realign the set on a scope + signal generator at the
same time.
Will save the old encoder
Drake Service indicated the replacement encoder is not the same type as the
original.
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John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s.
RX Drake R8B, SW8 & ERGO software
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GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop

"starman" wrote in message
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John Plimmer wrote:

Serial number is 8 1 129 40060 - I think that's 1998 vintage.
I asked Drake about repairing the old one as you suggest, but they said
they
did not recommend that.
As I have to get a skilled engineer to do the job anyway, I figured the
replacement with a new one would be a better bet, but did not realise it
would cost me so much in the end, that is, the high landed cost of the
replacement.

Yes, that's a 1998 model. How much use has your R8B had? Are you the
original owner? I'm wondering how long it takes before the encoder
problem can develop. Did you save the old encoder?


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