[rescue] FS: Eton E5/Grundig G5 Portable Shortwave Radio

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On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 11:50 PM, Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:

> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 07:33:19AM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> > I have one. Except for the tuner. The biggest problem you will have with
> it
> > is that the relay contacts get dirty and they receive sensitivity goes
> way
> > down. It's a simple fix, look up the ts-430 ameteur service bullitens on
> > kenwood's website.
> > One symptom of it is that the problem goes away if you transmit.
>
> Yep, this is one of the fixes included in the $200 complete fix-and-tune-up
> I'm going to have done.
>
>
> Curious, is this a Yaesu-only repair outfit? Reason I ask is that I have a
RACAL
receiver that died recently and would really like to get fixed.

Or, maybe someone can recommend a shop that repairs RACAL.

Thanks,

Nick Oliviero
Cypress, TX