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WTB: Skanti R-8003 Receiver
« on: May 29, 2018, 1549 UTC »
I'm looking to purchase a Skanti R-8003.  It needs to be in excellent
cosmetic and electrical condition....willing to pay reasonable price to
obtain one of these receivers.

No scammers please....!
« Last Edit: March 03, 2020, 1846 UTC by dxace1 »
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Receivers: Skanti R-8001, WJ 8718AMFP/8711A/8709/8712P, JRC NRD-630/301A/93, NRD-505/545/515, Drake R8/8B/SPR-4/R-7A, RFT EKD-515, ITT MacKay 3041A, McKay Dymek DR33-C6, AEG 1800/3, Racal RA-1792, Cubic 3280/2400, R&S EK-056/070/085/896/200, ICOM 71A/8500/8600/9000, Elad DuoR, AOR 7030, Lowe HF-250, Ten Tec RX-350, Yaesu FRG-8800/100, Collilns 51S-1

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Re: WTB: Skanti R-8003
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2019, 2331 UTC »
Have you had any luck finding one?  I've been in search of an R8000 control head for years.

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Re: WTB: Skanti R-8003
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2019, 0403 UTC »
I have a fully operational 8001, but still seeking the 8003
Dan in Potomac, MD (USA)  eQSL to:  dxace1@gmail.com

Receivers: Skanti R-8001, WJ 8718AMFP/8711A/8709/8712P, JRC NRD-630/301A/93, NRD-505/545/515, Drake R8/8B/SPR-4/R-7A, RFT EKD-515, ITT MacKay 3041A, McKay Dymek DR33-C6, AEG 1800/3, Racal RA-1792, Cubic 3280/2400, R&S EK-056/070/085/896/200, ICOM 71A/8500/8600/9000, Elad DuoR, AOR 7030, Lowe HF-250, Ten Tec RX-350, Yaesu FRG-8800/100, Collilns 51S-1

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Re: WTB: Skanti R-8003
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2019, 1053 UTC »
I may have seen one of these at the Manassas, VA hamfest, two weeks ago.  It was the first one I have ever seen.  It hadn’t sold yet when I left and it didn’t seem to be getting much interest.  I bought a 75S3 from the same gentleman; I will look inside the manual to see if he wrote down his call.


 

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Re: WTB: Skanti R-8003
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2019, 0921 UTC »
I saw the same gentleman at the Berryville VA hamfest, but what he had for sale was a R-8001 receiver.  If that is of interest to you I can pass along his contact information.

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Re: WTB: Skanti R-8003
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2019, 1028 UTC »
I saw you at the hamfest.   Glad to see you got the receiver.

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Re: WTB: Skanti R-8003
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2019, 1220 UTC »
You're a good man, NJQA.

You're up near the area my Grandmother's family was from before the Yankee invasion, Culpeper County.  That entire area was nothing but cows, cornfields, and chicken farms when I was a kid. I suspect it's nothing but condos and housing developments these days?

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Re: WTB: Skanti R-8003
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2019, 1547 UTC »
Culpeper is just South of us.  I’m in Fauquier.  Culpeper is just far enough away from DC to miss a lot of the urban blight that flows out from DC.  Fauquier is still holding on to her agricultural roots too.  The other nearby counties have succumbed to the dark side and are well underway in assimilation into the urban mindset.

As you can imagine, the noise floor out here is really low...cows and corn don’t emit much RF.

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Re: WTB: Skanti R-8003
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2019, 0338 UTC »
Yes, thanks -- I did get that 8001 but the search continues for the elusive 8003

I may have seen one of these at the Manassas, VA hamfest, two weeks ago.  It was the first one I have ever seen.  It hadn’t sold yet when I left and it didn’t seem to be getting much interest.  I bought a 75S3 from the same gentleman; I will look inside the manual to see if he wrote down his call.
Dan in Potomac, MD (USA)  eQSL to:  dxace1@gmail.com

Receivers: Skanti R-8001, WJ 8718AMFP/8711A/8709/8712P, JRC NRD-630/301A/93, NRD-505/545/515, Drake R8/8B/SPR-4/R-7A, RFT EKD-515, ITT MacKay 3041A, McKay Dymek DR33-C6, AEG 1800/3, Racal RA-1792, Cubic 3280/2400, R&S EK-056/070/085/896/200, ICOM 71A/8500/8600/9000, Elad DuoR, AOR 7030, Lowe HF-250, Ten Tec RX-350, Yaesu FRG-8800/100, Collilns 51S-1