On Nov 24, 11:52 am, "Tio Pedro" wrote:
"Richie" wrote in message

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Hi All;
Neat receiver but the meter is bad, seems common for these radios.
I understand that meter for the Yaesu FLDX-400 fits but face place
needs to be exchanged.
Any ideas?
73......
Rich

Rich, how does the receiver compare, say to a Drake 2B?
It is an interesting set.

Pete

Well Pete, It just started to play after what looks 30 years in the
attic.
So far I have only cleaned up the chassis, removed tubes & cleaned
sockets, switches & pots.
I was surprised that the more I did, the better it played.
The meter is bad but with only a 10' piece of wire & can here stuff on
the poor bands that we have at present.
At first, audio was a bit garbled but that seems to have worked in,
maybe most of caps finally charged up:-)
My first impressions is the 1KC readout is nice/better then the 2B but
I think the 2B is better, how much, dunno yet?
I know it is not as good as my Drake 1A.
I bet if it was completely restored electronically, it would be a nice
receiver. I don't have that skill though.
Try doing a search, a few JA's have pics or thier restored SR-600.
73......
Rich