[Boatanchors] SX-88

[Nick England]

Oh yeah there were a lot of SX-88 bezels with this pot metal problem. I really wondered WTH when i first received my SX-88 and opened the box. Someone (Dan Arney?) got a batch of replicas machined from aluminum years ago. 

Nick K4NYW


On Mar 7, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:

> what's interesting to me is that the pot metal dial frame has warped
> like what happened to my HT-20.  I knew that was a problem with some
> HT-20s but I never saw it with the 88 until now.   That must have been
> one made with the same metal used for the HT20 bezel.  I bet they
> changed the composition later on for both the tx and the rx.
> 
> 73
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ