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  • Drake R8B Repair

    From James Geer@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 30 06:09:02 2022
    Is anyone offering repair on the Drake R8B receivers, specifically replacing or repairing an erratic tuning encoder, overall cleaning and tuning?
    Thanks, WB5LXZ

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  • From Kevin Engels Albert@21:1/5 to James Geer on Sun Jan 30 19:19:25 2022
    James Geer <jbgeer44@gmail.com> wrote in news:e0ebbe7d-3ff2-4d55-aea9-67b0cac1ea4an@googlegroups.com:

    Is anyone offering repair on the Drake R8B receivers, specifically
    replacing or repairing an erratic tuning encoder, overall cleaning and tuning? Thanks, WB5LXZ


    Throw it in the garbage and buy a Grundig.

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  • From Bolloy Benders Family@21:1/5 to James Geer on Sun Jan 30 22:48:49 2022
    James Geer <jbgeer44@gmail.com> wrote in news:e0ebbe7d-3ff2-4d55-aea9-67b0cac1ea4an@googlegroups.com:

    Is anyone offering repair on the Drake R8B receivers, specifically
    replacing or repairing an erratic tuning encoder, overall cleaning and tuning? Thanks, WB5LXZ

    That sounds like a IC chip that has gone bad. Getting an IC chip that old
    is going to be very difficult, if not impossible. You may want to get a new radio. YMMV. IMHO.



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  • From Rob@21:1/5 to James Geer on Sun Jan 30 18:28:23 2022
    On 2022-01-30 14:09:02 +0000, James Geer said:

    Is anyone offering repair on the Drake R8B receivers, specifically
    replacing or repairing an erratic tuning encoder, overall cleaning and tuning?
    Thanks, WB5LXZ

    Try Drake Radio Repair and Service

    http://www.wb4hfn.com/Services/WB4HFN/RepairHomePage.htm

    I have never used them but it sounds like they would know how to fix
    your old Drake Receiver.

    Rob VA2FB

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  • From Ottavio Caruso@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 31 09:57:53 2022
    Le 30/01/22 à 19:19, Kevin Engels Albert a écrit :
    James Geer <jbgeer44@gmail.com> wrote in news:e0ebbe7d-3ff2-4d55-aea9-67b0cac1ea4an@googlegroups.com:

    Is anyone offering repair on the Drake R8B receivers, specifically
    replacing or repairing an erratic tuning encoder, overall cleaning and
    tuning? Thanks, WB5LXZ


    Throw it in the garbage and buy a Grundig.


    Sacrilege!

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  • From James Geer@21:1/5 to Rob on Tue Feb 1 14:10:31 2022
    On Sunday, January 30, 2022 at 5:28:27 PM UTC-6, Rob wrote:
    On 2022-01-30 14:09:02 +0000, James Geer said:

    Is anyone offering repair on the Drake R8B receivers, specifically replacing or repairing an erratic tuning encoder, overall cleaning and tuning?
    Thanks, WB5LXZ
    Try Drake Radio Repair and Service

    http://www.wb4hfn.com/Services/WB4HFN/RepairHomePage.htm

    I have never used them but it sounds like they would know how to fix
    your old Drake Receiver.

    Rob VA2FB
    The Drake Company has not existed for many years.

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  • From Gooner7@21:1/5 to James Geer on Wed Feb 2 01:09:50 2022
    On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 14:10:31 -0800 (PST), James Geer wrote:

    On Sunday, January 30, 2022 at 5:28:27 PM UTC-6, Rob wrote:
    On 2022-01-30 14:09:02 +0000, James Geer said:

    Is anyone offering repair on the Drake R8B receivers, specifically
    replacing or repairing an erratic tuning encoder, overall cleaning
    and tuning?
    Thanks, WB5LXZ
    Try Drake Radio Repair and Service

    http://www.wb4hfn.com/Services/WB4HFN/RepairHomePage.htm

    I have never used them but it sounds like they would know how to fix
    your old Drake Receiver.

    Rob VA2FB
    The Drake Company has not existed for many years.

    Not true. RL Drake was bought by Blonder Tongue in 2012 but are still
    operated as a separate company. They've just been out of the shortwave
    radio business since ~2004.

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