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Michael Black wrote:
Paul Ciszek ) writes:

If you're not handy with electronic equipment, it might be best if you let a
friend who is handy do it for you.

That does sound rather daunting. But thanks for the advice, and thanks to
the previous poster for pointing to the PDF of the manual.

Put a piece of markable tape under the actual dial, and then put markings
for the stations you regularly listen to.

Or if you are actually listening to distant stations (which may not
reliably be there) start working on calibrating that new "dial". Wait for
a station to ID, then look it up, and you'll find it's actual frequency. So
that takes out yet another point on the dial. Do this enough times, and
you'll have it all right.

This applies to a lot of radios, whether or not they have a serious problem.
A lot of low end analog radios have big spaces between the calibration marks,
so the dial isn't particularly helpful. But marking it as you desire (or
with that tape), you can tune to a given frequency so much faster. It's
easier to tune that boombox I have by looking at my bit of tape than trying
to read the original dial.

The simplicity and directness of this approach has a certain appeal,
aesthetically displeasing though it may be.

Does the tuning procedure described upthread improve reception? I.e.,
do I give up any of the capability of my superradio by leaving it as is
and using a masking tape scale?

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