[Premium-Rx] HF-2050 help

[Walter Salmaniw]

At 04:13 PM 11/30/2006, Geoff Fors wrote:

>Speaking of 2050's, about two or three years ago there was a quantity of them on eBay which had been "de-milled" by smashing the displays and the front panels with a hammer and possibly some other internal damage (sigh...)  I don't remember them selling for all that much, as I think most of us felt that finding the parts to repair them would be a daunting task.
> 
>If replacement fronts were later available separately, it would appear that perhaps some of our members had bought those radios and have now repaired them, the story of which would make interesting reading!
> 
>Geoff
>WB6NVH


Geoff, I follow the 2050 story rather closely, being one of the original 2050 drivers.  I've owned 7 total, and now still have 3.  The only eBay seller I've seen with "parts" is a commercial outfit out of Montreal that I'm quite certain would be NOS items, probably purchased in bulk from the Canadian military.  I doubt very much that they did anything more than that.  Now, I'm sure that some owners might very well have resurrected the de-milled ones, kind of like what so many people have done with the venerable Collins R-390A, but haven't personally seen any of these units.......Walt Salmaniw, Victoria



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