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Old December 15th 07, 11:12 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Which would you choose?

On Dec 15, 2:02�am, wrote:
On Dec 14, 8:30 am, Mike wrote:





On Dec 13, 1:11 pm, wrote:


Ever since the SonyICF-2010 and RS DX-440 went out of production, all
follow-on SW radios have been almost utter cheap plastic junk


The Eton E1 is much better than any of my three Sony 2010s. The 2010
is not without its faults, either. The FET is easily blown out, the
case is cheap plastic and causes Error messages, the antenna
receptacle has worn out on every 2010 I've owned, and the power supply
connections are notorious for going bad.


Are you also suggesting that the SonySW77and the Sony 7600G and
7600GR are also cheap plastic junk? They all came after the 2010 and
DX440.


I think I remember you under some other names in the past. You seem to
get your jollies by telling people their radios suck. Whatever. I
think anyone who knows much about radios knows you're wrong.


You have a right to your opinions. It's just that your blanket
condemnations lack credibility.


Mike


My SW77 had died and took it to a tech saying I think some of the
capacitors were 'leaking' (electrically) was told yes indeed several
electrolytics had leaked 'electrolyte' onto the main pcb �causing many
problems that could not be reliable repaired! �Asked wasn't it unusual
for several capacitors to leak simultaenously and answered in the
affirmative. �Hadn't been used or stored in unusual conditions. �Am
****ed off. �Had the predecessor 2010D (I think) and had problems with
that too. �With my SW77 it works perfectly except no audio from
speaker. �Audio from headphone jack is OK???????????- Hide quoted text -

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I had a very similar problem with my SW77. Leaking capacitors kept the
radio from working in either SSB or sync. Noel Ramos, a freelance
technician who specializes in repairing 2010s and SW77s, was able to
fix it up as good as new. You could probably locate his new address on
the 2010 Yahoo group. As I remember, his charges were very reasonable
and his work was impressive.

Good luck with the SW77!

Mike