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Sangean ATS606a
I need to get the back of this thing. How's it done??
It's performance has dropped off on FM (markedly) & SW (almost totally deaf) and I wonder whether the telescopic antenna is not making a good connection to the board. tia D. |
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Sangean ATS606a
Diogenes wrote:
I need to get the back of this thing. How's it done?? It's performance has dropped off on FM (markedly) & SW (almost totally deaf) and I wonder whether the telescopic antenna is not making a good connection to the board. tia D. Do you have an external jack with that model? You could always try that with a piece of wire and a 1/8th plug? Maybe 15 to 20 feet of speaker wire or 18 gauge copper. I don't have one of those models but instead a 909 so I am not all that familiar with the 606. My 909 has screw terminals on the back to remove the back. The best way to go about this is to find a nice clean surface that is flat and be careful not to lose the screws. Get a small screwdriver like for eyeglasses and then look where the antenna connection is and see if you have popped a solder joint. I know that the RS DX 390 was bad about popping solder joints and I was constantly having to solder again and again. I can't remember the model of Sangean which was the same as the DX-390 but maybe it was 818 or something like that. But you should scan for broken solder joints. I still have my 818 and it still works except it takes a while for the radio to warm up because it has a BFO type squeal. Hope this helps |
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When the soldier on the whip went, I used the external antenna jack; - then sent it off to C Crane; where they had the tools to open it up & resoldier it.. Billy Smith wrote: Diogenes wrote: I need to get the back of this thing. How's it done?? It's performance has dropped off on FM (markedly) & SW (almost totally deaf) and I wonder whether the telescopic antenna is not making a good connection to the board. tia D. Do you have an external jack with that model? You could always try that with a piece of wire and a 1/8th plug? Maybe 15 to 20 feet of speaker wire or 18 gauge copper. I don't have one of those models but instead a 909 so I am not all that familiar with the 606. My 909 has screw terminals on the back to remove the back. The best way to go about this is to find a nice clean surface that is flat and be careful not to lose the screws. Get a small screwdriver like for eyeglasses and then look where the antenna connection is and see if you have popped a solder joint. I know that the RS DX 390 was bad about popping solder joints and I was constantly having to solder again and again. I can't remember the model of Sangean which was the same as the DX-390 but maybe it was 818 or something like that. But you should scan for broken solder joints. I still have my 818 and it still works except it takes a while for the radio to warm up because it has a BFO type squeal. Hope this helps |
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