In article <4.3.2.7.2.20011102202325.00b2b0c8@pop.panix.com>, Dean
Norris <dnorris@k7no.com> writes
>> >
>> >I have not heard of any failures of the optical encoder on Yaesu
>> >rigs. Yours is just a fluke.
>> >
>>Hummmm.... My FT1000D main VFO seized a couple of years back after SSB
>>Field Day and required a replacement shaft encoder - Approx 40 UKP - and
>>I heard recently of a similar problem with another FT1K so not a fluke
>>at all - Seems quite a common problem !
>>G3TKF
>
>
>Two instances in thousands sold is hardly common.
Maybe - but what small percentage of those "thousands" subscribe to this
group?
G3TKF
Robin Thompson
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