"Phil Nelson" wrote in message
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Why didn't I have a grandpa like this? The following email just came over
the transom from someone visiting my website:

I'm a 17 year old boy and I have a SX-88 radio. It was
working fine before transportation from my grandfather's
house to my house but now it's like there's no power
at all, lights in front dont even light up. What should I
check for, what you think it could be ?

I will advise the lad as best I can, of course.

The only things I could afford to buy at my grandpa's farm auction in the
early 1970s were a worn putty knife, some fishing lures, and a battered
milk
can from their dairy barn. There was also a 1950s Esquire girlie calendar
that hung in his machine shed near the tractor, but I guess the censors
tossed that onto the burn pile down by the sloo before the auction.

Ah, well . . .

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html


Speaking of fishing lures...

cast troll troll ask him for a photo!

Uncle Pete

Well, I suppose it could be a faux message to my website, but if you saw all
the original text (with misspellings that I cleaned up) and its origin
(French-speaking part of Canada), you might believe it authentic, as I did.

My first piece of advice -- check the fuse, then the AC power line, followed
by a lot of blah-blah-blah -- was followed by a reply indicating that the
fuse and fuse cover were missing, possibly left behind at grandpa's house.
If I hear anything further, I'll ask him for a photo.

Phil Nelson

"Phil Nelson" wrote in message
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Well, I suppose it could be a faux message to my website, but if you saw
all
the original text (with misspellings that I cleaned up) and its origin
(French-speaking part of Canada), you might believe it authentic, as I
did.

My first piece of advice -- check the fuse, then the AC power line,
followed
by a lot of blah-blah-blah -- was followed by a reply indicating that the
fuse and fuse cover were missing, possibly left behind at grandpa's house.
If I hear anything further, I'll ask him for a photo.

Phil Nelson



I hope you told him what a treasure he has, and to take good care
of it! I wonder if he knows what he has there? Probably one years
tuition at a community college!

Pete