[R-390] Cubic CDR3250

[MATT PARKINSON]

I was wondering if you have had any experience with the Cubic receiver I saw
you name some where showing you might have owned one. 
Matt P 

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On Behalf Of PY1NB - Felipe Ceglia
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 4:47 AM
To: Tisha Hayes
Cc: R390A
Subject: Re: [R-390] PTO problem, part II

Hi Tisha,

Thank you for the information.
I will take a deep breath and go for it, I hope I dont mess much with it :)

73,

Felipe

Felipe Ceglia - PY1NB
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On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Tisha Hayes <tisha.hayes at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since it appears there is some sort of internal binding you may want 
> to buy a spare PTO and put it in service. They are not unavailable; 
> even on eBay you can get one for $30-$80. Then you will feel less 
> hesitant about opening up the funky one you have to see what is binding.
>
> You can probably fix it but it is going to be a "learning experience" 
> and may be like the wire reattachment saga on the mechanical filters a 
> few weeks ago. If you could not get replacement parts (all of the 
> spare PTO's in the world suddenly vanished) then you could go to 
> heroic lengths after you taught yourself to be a machinist and
metallurgist.
>
> If they had been "cooked" by stuck-on heaters or turned way past their 
> end limits you can have a bent shaft, stipped parts or a melted 
> plastic piece (if you saw the inside it would be immediately obvious)
>
> I would rather listen to the radio than to spend weeks working on one 
> item where I have spares. The PTO would become a rainy day project but 
> the problem would not keep me from having the receiver on the air.
>
> That is just my personal opinion, YMMV (your mileage may vary) but I 
> am being a bit pragmatic about it.
>
> --
> Ms. Tisha Hayes/ AA4HA
>
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