[Premium-Rx] 8718 on ebay

[w3jn]

I believe (although I am not 100% certain) I know where these came from 
originally; they were lab receivers not hooked to outside antennas, but I 
would be willing to bet that almost all are non-functional.

73 John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Donaldson" <wa1qhq at yahoo.com>
To: <premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] 8718 on ebay


> They look a little pricey for unchecked receivers,
> they do have the ISB option but no remote control
> option and no preselector both of which would be nice
> to have. I have 3 8718s and they are indeed easy to
> fix with most parts and documentation being readily
> available, they are also really nice as far as the
> human interface is concerned, nice front panel layout
> and easy to drive. There is a guy in Turkey that
> appears to be parting a bunch of these out and selling
> them on eBay so sub-assemblies are now available which
> could come in handy.
>
> Mark Donaldson WA1QHQ
>
> --- Michael  Brown <piggin at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> I have seen some wj 8718s on ebay 750 dollars or
>> so.Any caveats aside from the battery leak ?Thanks>
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