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Old March 26th 04, 02:02 AM
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Yes, I pressed the Freq button, and the lock was off. The up/down buttons
work, and direct entry works. The rig is pulling in all kinds of stuff
tonight on a modest random length wire antenna. But that tuning knob just
won't do a thing. I'm gonna send it back to the seller and see if he can
figure it out. Aside from that, what a nice radio!


From: BDK
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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:04:45 -0500
Subject: Help: NRD-525 Main tuning

In article ,
says...
I just received a used NRD-525 from a dealer on ebay. All functions work
except the main tuning knob - it doesn't change the freq at all. The
up/down buttons work and the direct entry works. (The lock is not on.) I
tried reseating the boards but nothing seems to help. Am I overlooking
something simple? The unit supposedly worked 100% okay when shipped, so
possibly something came loose in shipping.

Greg



I know this may sound stupid, but did you press the FREQ button???

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Old March 27th 04, 04:02 AM
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I don't want to be too skeptical, but it sounds a little fishy to me. If
it was well packed and arrived with no obvious damage, I doubt the
tuning encoder would have gone bad in shipping, providing that's really
the problem. I suppose the seller could have overlooked the tuning knob
problem if he's not familiar with this kind of radio. If you can work on
it yourself, find out what an encoder costs and ask the seller for a
significant reduction in the price to allow for repairing it. Find out
what the part(s) cost first. Otherwise I hope you get your money back.

Greg wrote:

Yes, I pressed the Freq button, and the lock was off. The up/down buttons
work, and direct entry works. The rig is pulling in all kinds of stuff
tonight on a modest random length wire antenna. But that tuning knob just
won't do a thing. I'm gonna send it back to the seller and see if he can
figure it out. Aside from that, what a nice radio!

From: BDK
Organization: DICKHEADS, INC
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:04:45 -0500
Subject: Help: NRD-525 Main tuning

In article ,
says...
I just received a used NRD-525 from a dealer on ebay. All functions work
except the main tuning knob - it doesn't change the freq at all. The
up/down buttons work and the direct entry works. (The lock is not on.) I
tried reseating the boards but nothing seems to help. Am I overlooking
something simple? The unit supposedly worked 100% okay when shipped, so
possibly something came loose in shipping.

Greg



I know this may sound stupid, but did you press the FREQ button???

BDK



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Old March 27th 04, 03:57 PM
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Well, I'm suspending my skepticism for now. The seller seems to have a good
rep and I don't have any reason to distrust him. He seems adamant that the
radio was working fine when he checked it out. I have returned it to him at
his request and I expect he will make good on the deal. I did check with
the repair tech at Universal Radio, the only "authorized" repairman in the
US for JRC radios, and he said an encoder replacement would run approx $150.
I hope the problem is something simpler. I did look under the hood for
loose wires & plugs, I reseated the plug-in circuit boards, no joy. I didn't
go so far as to disassemble the encoder since I'm not really qualified for
that. There may be something in there that got knocked loose or something.

Aside from the tuning dial problem, what a great radio! It was pulling in
all kinds of stuff. The bands were loaded. Hams and mil coms on SSB were
loud and clear and the international broadcasters sounded great, and that
was just with the stock filters and built-in speaker. It's such a solid
rig, easy to operate, attractive display. I'm hoping for a quick fix!

Greg


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Subject: Help: NRD-525 Main tuning

I don't want to be too skeptical, but it sounds a little fishy to me. If
it was well packed and arrived with no obvious damage, I doubt the
tuning encoder would have gone bad in shipping, providing that's really
the problem. I suppose the seller could have overlooked the tuning knob
problem if he's not familiar with this kind of radio. If you can work on
it yourself, find out what an encoder costs and ask the seller for a
significant reduction in the price to allow for repairing it. Find out
what the part(s) cost first. Otherwise I hope you get your money back.

Greg wrote:

Yes, I pressed the Freq button, and the lock was off. The up/down buttons
work, and direct entry works. The rig is pulling in all kinds of stuff
tonight on a modest random length wire antenna. But that tuning knob just
won't do a thing. I'm gonna send it back to the seller and see if he can
figure it out. Aside from that, what a nice radio!

From: BDK
Organization: DICKHEADS, INC
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:04:45 -0500
Subject: Help: NRD-525 Main tuning

In article ,
says...
I just received a used NRD-525 from a dealer on ebay. All functions work
except the main tuning knob - it doesn't change the freq at all. The
up/down buttons work and the direct entry works. (The lock is not on.) I
tried reseating the boards but nothing seems to help. Am I overlooking
something simple? The unit supposedly worked 100% okay when shipped, so
possibly something came loose in shipping.

Greg



I know this may sound stupid, but did you press the FREQ button???

BDK



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Old March 27th 04, 04:19 PM
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Greg wrote in message
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Well, I'm suspending my skepticism for now. The seller seems to have a

good
rep and I don't have any reason to distrust him. He seems adamant that

the
radio was working fine when he checked it out. I have returned it to him

at
his request and I expect he will make good on the deal...


When you find out let us know what went wrong with the receiver...

RG


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Old March 27th 04, 09:33 PM
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Greg wrote:

It's such a solid rig, easy to operate, attractive display.
I'm hoping for a quick fix!


I used to have one, and agree it's a very solid, stable radio. However the
audio was not that great. I find the Icom R75 (new at $450 or so) seems to
have better ergonomics and essentially equal performance... plus on-board
DSP, easy computer control, twin pre-amps, etc. I don't miss my NRD-525 at
all. The Icom is great bang for the buck :^)

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You say the audio was "not that great" . I have an R-75 and would have to
say the audio is horrible. (using the stock speaker).
What do you think of the stock R-75 compared to the 525?



"Charles Gillen" wrote in message
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Greg wrote:

It's such a solid rig, easy to operate, attractive display.
I'm hoping for a quick fix!


I used to have one, and agree it's a very solid, stable radio. However

the
audio was not that great. I find the Icom R75 (new at $450 or so) seems

to
have better ergonomics and essentially equal performance... plus on-board
DSP, easy computer control, twin pre-amps, etc. I don't miss my NRD-525

at
all. The Icom is great bang for the buck :^)

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"ac-acadaptor" wrote:

You say the audio was "not that great" . I have an R-75 and would
have to say the audio is horrible. (using the stock speaker).
What do you think of the stock R-75 compared to the 525?


The 525 also had a tiny speaker like the Icom R75, and in both cases the
speaker is shoehorned into the set as an afterthought for "emergency use"
only; serious listening requires a better external speaker at least 3 to 4
inches diameter.

Even with a good external speaker, the 525 audio still often sounded rather
muffled and unclear. In contrast, the Icom with an external speaker sounds
sharp and punchy, particularly with SSB. Don't forget both these receivers
are for "communications" use, not hi-fi.

No use having a good computer if your CRT is crappy... radio is just the
same :^)

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