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Date: | Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:42:52 -0400 |
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Hi Guys,
When I lived in Florida, a man in Orlando repaired them at no cost except if
he had to order parts. I went to the Miami area and took my Perkins with me
to run the medium speed CW net. The man said, if he knew that was what I
wanted, they had one. I am glad I took mine. The one they had didn't work.
I learned that his wife bought if at a yard sale for $15. When I left, they
gave me the brailler. I took it to the man or Orlando and he had to order a
main spring, a $6 item.
His wife was a professional Braillist and used an electric Perkins. One day
while I was there, I had the opportunity to try it out. Physically, it
looks like any other Perkins, except for the switch on the right side. Oh,
btw, it is much noisier than the manual version.
Walt
WA4QXT
New London CT
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