Re: [IRCA] Drake R8

[Bill Block <billblock@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Chris for the info on Drake.

Bill Block
Prescott Valley, AZ

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Chris Dorn <cdorn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Patrick and all,
>
> Drake ceased repair operations of all amateur and shortwave radios back in
> July 2012. A former employee, John Kriner, apparently will work on the R8
> series, at least for now, through his private business. Looks like you got
> in under the wire.
>
> Chris VE6IY
>
> On 23/02/2015 10:05 PM, Patrick Martin wrote:
>
>> Bill,
>>
>> Drake still repairs the R8's, as I had mine reconditioned a couple years
>> ago and it works better than new.
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>> Patrick Martin
>> Seaside OR
>> KGED QSL Manager
>>
>>  Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:57:33 -0700
>>> From: billblock@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [IRCA] Drake R8
>>>
>>> When I got up today the Drake R8 was working normal and I got 1 new
>>> station
>>> KWXY-1340 in Cathedral City, California.  But, the next time I turned the
>>> Drake R8 it came on for a few seconds than I heard a big pop noise and it
>>> went dead.  So now I am back to the R-390A which is still working.
>>>
>>> Bill Block
>>> Prescott Valley, AZ
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