Re: [Drakelist] R4C

2009-02-25 Thread John Stringer
I have had only one transaction with Radiomart and it was perfectly successful.He offered a Drake RV7 in his usual glowing language. I asked a question which was promptly answered and then bid and won it. The RV7 was packed carefully and shipped quickly. On opening the box I found that the

Re: [Drakelist] UV-3 Connector

2009-02-25 Thread Gary Poland
ED, This probably wont help but I reccently needed to add pins to my UV-3's connector for a PLL encoder and found it to be a 10 pin version of the connectors used on the TR-7 DR-7connections. I had a junker TR-7 chassis and took pins from it. 73,

[Drakelist] RES: R4C

2009-02-25 Thread py2xb
Joye I have John's good experience with him too. I have dealt three times with Radiomart at eBay and I have no complains. He also answered my questions promptly. I am more sensitive to problems then you because I am in Brazil, where import is extremely regulated. However he followed my

Re: [Drakelist] RES: R4C

2009-02-25 Thread Carey Lockhart
my own observations have shown that almost all the bad feedback this guy has had on eBay and the forums are stateside buyers. then the majority of the foreign buyers have had very good luck. i have seen for my self listing that say mint, beautiful and perfect. then the photos of the item tell a

Re: [Drakelist] RES: R4C

2009-02-25 Thread wenjint
I to have bought from him and he has gone out of his way to help me and answer my questions. My observations are the same as Fred PY2XB, it appears that he regularly removes accessories items from what he sells and then sells them separately. I don't care for him doing that but my

Re: [Drakelist] RES: R4C

2009-02-25 Thread Don Cunningham
This Ebayer, to say it as nicely as possible, certainly stretches the truth to the limit in his descriptions. He says this R4C is the latest batch, while I have serial number 29029 sitting here in front of me, quite a bit later than the number he is selling, and WB4HFN's site has documented

[Drakelist] ENC: RES: R4C

2009-02-25 Thread py2xb
Carey, I agree that he is prone to exaggerations in his language. He is very eloquent indeed. Not much different that car sellers eloquence ! One must be very confident to state that something is in mint condition. In his case, I guess he can't even test deeply anything. What may happen is that

Re: [Drakelist] RES: R4C

2009-02-25 Thread john
At 04:00 PM 2/25/2009, wenj...@gmail.com wrote: I He has a feedback score of, 98.6% so while not perfect he seems to be doing most things right. With all respect, these days on ebay anything less than 100% should make one go read the comments carefully. A year ago he was in the 96% range.

Re: [Drakelist] RES: R4C

2009-02-25 Thread Robert C.Abell
Hi Don, I own Drake R-4C serial number 29426 T-4XC serial number 30157 both in mint condition. Anyone have any later units? 73, Bob VE3XM - Original Message - From: Don Cunningham To: Carey Lockhart ; drakelist@zerobeat.net Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 4:00 PM

Re: [Drakelist] RES: R4C

2009-02-25 Thread Don Cunningham
See, Bob trumped the latest one on Ron's site, hi. Bob, please send that info to Ron ( www.wb4hfn.com ), especially if the tag on your receiver showing build date is still there. Ron keeps a very good list, that is a real asset to the group!! 73, Don, WB5HAK - Original Message -

Re: [Drakelist] R4C

2009-02-25 Thread Dennis Monticelli
Someone commented that how a seller deals with his customer when the customer has a problem is very important. I agree and RadioMart's feedback over the years tell a clear story regarding problem resolution and respect for an unhappy customer. His motto seems to be that the customer is almost

[Drakelist] WTB Band switch Tx 4 B

2009-02-25 Thread AI4DQ
I am Looking for a band switch for T 4X -B I have wafer that's shorting to the shaft and need to find a replacement or a parts radio Radio wafer i need is of the band switch on a T4XB its the first wafer starting at the front panel. Phil AI4DQ 502-339-0422Louisville KY