Mystery of mysteries: My Acutrac III came back to life. I had replaced all the batteries before declaring it dead. Dragged it back out one last time, yesterday and reinserted the (new) batteries and it began working again. Failed to mention before, that it would come on, but shut down when coax was attached. This time it came on and stayed on.
I'm still looking for a replacement. Never trust anything that repairs itself. After owning and using two different Acutrac products I am not their biggest fan. Probably, storing them in the hot motor home basement is a factor.
