Orbit single stick
Posted: 10 Dec 2022, 07:50
I scored this Orbit single stick tx off Aussie Ebay, having put in the first & lowest (i.e. starting) bid before again having to return to my project in NewZealand. Having put in the starting bid, I assumed that the collectors would go crazy once they found it - I won it with the first and only bid 
There was some anguish & frustration when Aussie Post reported the Tx as having been delivered to an address 800km away. Eventually it was sorted and I received my Orbit trannie - happy chappie again!!
I've never been a "cuddle box" knob twiddler, the last time I used a "full house" single stick tx being in the early 80's. From memory, that was a MRC set. I don't recall being blown away at the time by the concept, but hey, to each his own
This tx is very clean and "straight". It should only require some house keeping inside & out before conversion to 2.4Ghz
Now that we're back in Australia for the forseable future, I can hopefully get into the restoration of this and other sets I've been collecting.
There was some anguish & frustration when Aussie Post reported the Tx as having been delivered to an address 800km away. Eventually it was sorted and I received my Orbit trannie - happy chappie again!!
I've never been a "cuddle box" knob twiddler, the last time I used a "full house" single stick tx being in the early 80's. From memory, that was a MRC set. I don't recall being blown away at the time by the concept, but hey, to each his own
This tx is very clean and "straight". It should only require some house keeping inside & out before conversion to 2.4Ghz
Now that we're back in Australia for the forseable future, I can hopefully get into the restoration of this and other sets I've been collecting.