[R-390] Ebay Auction

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 17 Nov 2007 at 17:19, Cecil Acuff wrote:

> Unfortunately like most surplus dealers he appears to think the stuff
> is worth it's weight in gold....
> 
> 8640B's have gotten cheap except with
> the surplus dealers.  Can buy them on the "E" place for a third of
> what the surplus dealers are asking...

The reason the 8640B prices have dropped is because they 
use some sort of plastic or nylon gears in the tuning 
mechanism, and all of those have shrunk and are starting to 
break with distressing regularity.

Ken Gordon W7EKB