Some time ago I picked up a Sangean ATS-803A off ebay only to discover that
it was stone deaf off the attached telescoping antenna in the SW bands. I
replaced that with a longer one, same problem. I then hooked it up to one
of those Radio Shack amplified shortwave antennas (also from ebay), and
voila! It works well. Most probably an indicator that something is blown
inside. I sent it to Radio Shack who "tuned & tweaked" it & sent it back,
still stone deaf. After chatting with several other owners of this receiver
on the Yahoo group, I decided to take the plunge & try another one.

Boy am I glad I did! This second one is absolutely amazing! So far, in
just a coupla hours twiddling the knobs, I've received nearly 40 SW
stations!

Now I'm looking to send off my first one to someone competent that knows
what they're doing to get it repaired, as I'm incompetent to (no knowledge
of electronics or soldering, and I'm too old & my hands are too shaky for
delicate work).

Anybody know anybody . . . ?