[Premium-Rx] Forward: WJ-8618B(S1) for sale

[Mac]

Ah yes the now famous Tantalum caps, always seeming to be at the root of 
failures, very affordable very problem causing.

And above all thank you Peter for the response.

mac/mc  w5mc

On 2/6/2019 8:38 PM, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
> Older but very nice VHF/UHF receiver.  How nice depends on the options 
> it comes with.  Some options need to be enabled in the program EPROM 
> (which I have figured out how to do).  With options, the receiver is 
> good from 2 to well over 1000 MHz.  Beware though, there are a lot of 
> tantalum capacitors, some hidden, which leak and cause severe damage, 
> so it should be gone over and tantalums replaced.  Whether it's 
> worthwhile depends on the asking price.
>
>
>
> On 2/6/2019 9:27 PM, Mac wrote:
>> I'll bite first,  what is an 8618B  i dont see it in my reference 
>> materiel.
>>
>> thank you  mac/mc  w5mc
>>
>> On 2/6/2019 1:20 PM, Terry O' wrote:
>>> I received this from someone not on this list.  I don't know the 
>>> seller or the radio.  Just passing this along in case a Prem-RX 
>>> member is interested.
>>> Terry O'
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>
>>> Terry, I have a Watkins-Johnson WJ-8618B-(S1) S/N 1210  I would like 
>>> to sell.
>>> Do you know anyone that might be interested?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Mike Simmons
>>> 4302 Hollywood Blvd.
>>> Unit 82
>>> Hollywood, Florida 33021
>>> 954-591-9419
>>> mike9763 at gmail.com
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