like I said, the reason I chose that radio is because I know where most if
not all of the controls are, and because I have a tape manual for it.
if I could get a tape manual for the TS870, that would be actually even
better than the radio.

Simon


At 06:18 PM 12/29/04, you wrote:
>The problem I had with a couple 440s i had is the glue used in the pll
>circuit to stabelize parts and keep out microphonics and so forth becomes
>a conducter which really screwes things up.  Only cure is to remove many
>very small parts, clean thorroughly and reassemble.  Not a job for the
>fainthearted.
>73s
>Butch Bussen
>wa0vjr