John S. wrote in message
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The receiver has been re-assembled and everything is working properly;
tuning is as it should be. It will be interesting to see how long the
repaired encoder lasts. I had the encoder replaced under warranty
repair by
Drake twice before.


So this is the third repair of the same component on a radio that costs
over $1,000?? Wow - not exactly confidence inspiring.

Yes... Well... The topic (R8B) resulted in hundreds of posts... In my
opinion, the receiver was never developed to its full potential. I've had
mine since January, 1998 and I use it daily---it's on for 10 hours or more.
It needs to be re-aligned; it no longer zero beats WWV dead on like it did
new, the passband offset is centered at 1:00 O'Clock and the notch drifts.
The receiver was never worth what Drake was asking. I think a proper
purchase price would have been around $600 new.

RG

Thanks for all the nice replys to my post.

I am going to send it back to Drake and not whine about the price they
charge me. I realize all of the costs involved to repair sophisticated
gear. My comment about wishing I could make 100 bucks an hour in my
basement was just that. I wish I could make 100 bucks an hour in my
basement fixing radios. I would gladly leave the 9-5 behind me if I
could work on this type of gear all day out of my house.

73
Bob
N9NEO