[Premium-Rx] Watkins Johnson GIANT WJ-8940 Receiver want to swap for WJ 89028 or comparable.

[W2HX]

Jeff K has one on ebay right now
https://www.ebay.com/itm/382712513582

maybe you can get him to copy the eproms before he parts with it.


73 Eugene W2HX
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-----Original Message-----
From: premium-rx-bounces at mailman.qth.net <premium-rx-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Bruce Gentry via Premium-Rx
Sent: Saturday, October 7, 2023 8:38 PM
To: premium-rx at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Premium-Rx] Watkins Johnson GIANT WJ-8940 Receiver want to swap for WJ 89028 or comparable.

I have a monster Watkins Johnson WJ-8940B receiver. I obtained it a couple years ago fully well aware it need serious restoration. I was told it worked well before being stored so expected power supplys and other parts needed rebuilding. In the course if getting it ready, I found a NICAD battery in the mian digital control unit had fumed and leaked all over everything. The fact that EEPROMS windows were !NOT! 
covered sent my my fright around the moon. I very carefully cleaned and repaired the corroded circuit paths, and after all of this, power it up. 
The only thing I ever saw on the display was "EEPROM CHECKSUM ERROR" , accomnanied by the sickly sweet smell of a burning circuit board and a whisp if smoke. I now want this thing GONE!, but do have a few hundred hours of work in it. I will joyfully swap it to anyone for a Watkins Johnson WJ-89028 or equal model receiver. Those are the rack mount VHF-UHF 4 tuner 4 band AM-FM receivers with the panadapter and frequency readout all in one unit or two matching stackable ones. It doesn't have to work, and but completeness is most important. I am in Syracuse,New York, very easy to reach from RT.81 and the NYS Thruway. I can send photos and detailed dimensions and anything else that can help you choose a suitable vehicle and load it.

Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY



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