[R-390] OT: R-388 questions

[Llgpt at aol.com]

There are only two kinds of R-388 pto's, good ones and bad ones. Check  
before buying if possible. If it is out over 8 khz, it is probably a bad one. No  
day to tell by serial numbers either.
 
Les Locklear
 
 
In a message dated 7/26/2005 1:51:20 PM Central Daylight Time,  n4buq at aol.com 
writes:

List,

I'm pretty sure a lot of you guys have R-388's.  I'm  thinking of buying one
and was wondering what to ask about.  I  understand the PTO endpoints are an
issue.  From what I've read, it  takes surgery to fix this in an R-388 PTO.
Any other known failure points I  should be concerned about?

Thanks!

Barry -  N4BUQ