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Re: [IRCA] broken radio UPDATE and FIX
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] broken radio UPDATE and FIX
- From: Eric Floden <eric.f99999@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:48:50 -0700
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UPDATE: Thanks to Colin Newell for taking the radio to repair it.
However, he discovered that instead of a mechanical fault, one of the gain
controls had been turned down. (After it was dropped grandson grabbed it
off the floor and perhaps he turned the dial.)
So I am red-faced for simply assuming a connection was broken and not
trouble-shooting better.
And thanks again to Colin.
And to Theo, who offered up the chance at another replacement radio.
All is better now* in radio-land now
ef
Vancouver
* ALMOST -- one of my CCrane WiFi radios just went dead as a doornail this
week...sigh
On 19 May 2016 at 09:16, Eric Floden <eric.f99999@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> greetings
>
> my Sony ICF-SW7600GR is my constant companion when traveling (of late
> usually to Ottawa - Golden Lake - Peterborouogh) but then this week it fell
> from a height of about 3 feet. I am back home now, and find FM works fine
> but AM (all bands) is woeful. Locals on 690 and 650 used to be great, now
> sound like Seattle area stations (710, 1000) used to. Even 1130, formerly
> very good is almost unreadable. No reception at all for other locals (980,
> 1200).
>
> So my guess is, the internal antenna has come adrift somehow.
>
> And I am thinking I will open it up and have a look. Any cautions? I ask
> as I am quite the butterfingers in matters of repair, and can often find
> innovative ways to make a bad situation worse.
>
> Thanks
>
> Eric "how'd I get butter on my fingers?" Floden
> Vancouver BC
>
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