[NSRCA-discussion] Radio repairs

[george w. kennie]

Colin,
I had an electronic failure on my 8UAF and sent it back to Tower.  They advised that the 8U series were prone to some bad solder joints on the main board, which they corrected. On mine I had lost effective RF Out and lost a plane because of it. 
The unit, like yours, was quite old and had some case breaks from hard usage (dropped) so they replaced the case and the antenna so that when I got it back it looked brand new. I felt that my original antenna was still in better condition than the one they replaced it with, in fact, even though the invoice referenced that the unit had been retuned, the range was somewhat less than it had been before, not enough to cause concern, but nonetheless not as great. 
At the time I sent it back, I went out and bought a new 9C and have been using that radio ever since, but I still like the programming in the 8 and wouldn't hesitate to use it in any of my current fleet. Oh, they charged me a buck twenty which I was more than satisfied with. I currently use it on my Sim and it performs admirably.
G.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: colin chariandy 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 12:18 AM
  Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Radio repairs


  My 10 year old 8UAP failed while using my simulator. I think a poor solder joint in the connector to the sim may have caused the problem. There is no left aileron output and the dispaly for the battery voltage is scrambled. I can't find anything else wrong.

  Has anyone seen this kind of failure?

  What's the typical cost of repairs (at Radio South) for this kind of failure?

  Is it worth repairing a 10 year old radio? 

  Any advice will be appreciated.

  Colin


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