Lifer

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I need to have several receivers serviced and would like to know what my options are. What service companies are out there? I know about Radio South, but what else is available?

Thanks in advance.

Xpress

What brand?

Lifer

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Airtronics 2.4 receivers.

grotto2

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Gee, we used to repair receivers, but now I favor just replacing them. It's usually not cost effective to repair one unless it's something really simple like damaged antennas. If the receiver is at fault, the manufacturer should take it back in an exchange for a new one.
-Ron

Lifer

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Well, one of the major radio repair business' told me there really is no service to the 2.4 radios. No pots, transistors, etc. The only thing I had in mind was to replace the capacitor. Even with that, he wouldn't touch it. The distributor has dropped my brand so I started buying up components as well as receivers. The old stuff gets stripped for antenna wires and then will be trashed.

We are definitely in a "throw away" society!

Thud_Driver

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As recently as July, Mike Greenshields at Global Hobby Services (Hobby People) has said they still have parts and a part time technician to do repairs.

http://globalservices.globalhobby.co...558311fc520b98

See last post.

Or you could try the new distributor:

http://www.serpentamerica.com/shop/pages.php?pageid=2

Lifer

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They don't repair the receivers, they just install new interior components. I'm buying a lot of those components.

TimJ

No one (in this industry) "repairs" 2.4 receivers. it is a replacement deal now.

grotto2

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I hate to see Sanwa go away. They've made some fine radios in their time.
It's a dog-eat-dog industry.

TFF

The radios are still made; they just killed the Airtronics name in the US. Everything is surface mount built today about the only thing you can do is look at the boards with a high power magnifying glass and look for broken solders. And there is not many of them anymore. A chip and some plugs is about all there is.

Lifer

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The same receivers are available under the Sanwa name from another distirbutor......at about twice the price. I suspect that's why Airtronics is gone....greed.

TFF

There are threads about it when it happened.