You'd have to unsolder one side of a capacitor to test it ... but which ones?

What you might do, is find out where the local weather station broadcasts from,
or perhaps park by the local airport where you KNOW there is going to be loud
signals, and see if you can hear them at all. Then you know if the radio is
dead, or just deaf.

If you can find a signal, bring a small screwdriver along, and try to tweak the
transformers and variable caps inside for best signal, it may just need a good
alignment.

If the caps are dried out ... you're SOL.

:^]

jw
K9RZZ

but the biggest
problem is that I can't hear a thing on the Air/Police High/Weather
band. Are these bands dead or is something wrong with my radio?

I'm sure this was answered, but in case. BTW, I have ne of these-it was my
'first' radio that SW on it.

Unless you happen to have it *spot on* that dial just hwen they happen to be
transmitting, you won't hear a thing.----in regards to the fuzz/heat/pd/air.

Weather band, you should be able to hear, I can on mine, maybe throw a wire out
the window.

What kind of MUlti-Band is it? Just curious.

~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand
DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft.
500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated)
120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire
2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas
Radio Shack Amplified Antenna
30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap)
* Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable*
*21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop*
~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~
~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~
~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~

I'd like to know if something is wrong with the radio or if it's just that
the
Air/Police High/Weather band is dead. I thought at least I should get the
weather, but I don't get anything when it's tuned to 162.5 which is where it
says the weather is located

#1 I'd get some contact cleaner from Radio Shack and spray the crap out of it.
#2 'Maybe' that isn't the correct freq that the weather is on in your area. You
should check.
** I really like mine, it sits right here in my shack and I've cleaned it real
good (all the contacts and switches) -it's got a great fine tune on it that I
'marked' on the dial.

Mine is a Rhapsody Multi-Band (originally my Mom's:-) ) BIG speaker and BIG
telescoping antenna. Mine goes from 4 to 12 on SW and has a cassette player
built in. Has the built in rotating loop on the top.


~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand
DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft.
500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated)
120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire
2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas
Radio Shack Amplified Antenna
30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap)
* Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable*
*21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop*
~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~
~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~
~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~

What kind of MUlti-Band is it? Just curious.

It's a Worldmaster, although I don't know who made it, it's rubbed out on the
lower left corner.

I've got another update. Now I can't even get AM. I used to get AM, but now I
hear the same static noise that I hear on the Air/Police High/Weather band.
There is also another problem with the radio. It works fine on AC, but when you
try to power it on DC, it's a no go. It takes 4 D batteries. I've cleaned the
contacts, checked the wiring, and still nothing.

This may sound like a lot of trouble for a cheapo radio, but I'd like to learn
about how these work. I've always been curious about that part of it. Also,
once you've unsoldered one end of the capacitor, can you test it with a
multimeter, and if so, on what setting. I have an analog Craftsman multimeter.

Thanks again. :-D

"Josey221" wrote in message
...
What kind of MUlti-Band is it? Just curious.

It's a Worldmaster, although I don't know who made it, it's rubbed out on
the
lower left corner.



Is your radio anything like the Ross Worldmaster:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...em=5701380 58
6&rd=1

or try:

http://tinyurl.com/25j6j

For what it's worth, I fixed up a Ross Worldmaster last year, although that
radio didn't have any problems with reception.

Frank Dresser

"Josey221" wrote in message
...
I've got another update. Now I can't even get AM. I used to get AM, but
now I
hear the same static noise that I hear on the Air/Police High/Weather
band.
There is also another problem with the radio. It works fine on AC, but
when you
try to power it on DC, it's a no go. It takes 4 D batteries. I've cleaned
the
contacts, checked the wiring, and still nothing.

The first thing I'd look for is poor solder connections or a cracked printed
circuit board. Take the radio's back off and gently press on the board on
different places. You can also use the eraser end of a pencil to poke and
tap around. You might get lucky and find that pressing a small area will
make the radio cut in and out. Just re-solder all the connections in that
area. Be careful not to make solder bridges. Otherwise, you might try
re-soldering any joints which don't look perfect, particularly the solder
joints around the bandswitch{es}. Look around for cracks in the board. If
the board is cracked, you need to scrape off the solder mask {that's the
paint on the backside of the board} and bridge the crack with a bit of
solder. If you're fussy, you can solder a short length of wire across a
crack.

If you have any junk boards around, say from a computer or something, you
can practice your soldering on those.

Be careful pulling the circuit board. You'll probably need to remove some
knobs. The knobs are probably glued in. The glue is usually fairly soft,
but it still has quite a grip. Be patient, and try to work them off slowly.
The wires which attach to the board are usually thin and fragile. Make a
diagram to show which wire hooks up where. You may need to unsolder some
wires to get the board out enough to get to the backside.

Be sure your screwdrivers fit the screws. They may be in tight. You might
need to take your radio to the hardware store and check out a couple of
different phillips head screwdrivers. Or they might be Reed & Prince or
Posidriv. They all look pretty much the same, but only one gives a tight
fit.

The dead bands may be working, but may be way out of alignment. This often
happens when "troubleshooters" start turning adjustment screws or squeezing
or ezpanding coils. There may still be some sensitivity at some unknown
frequency. Try tapping on the antenna rod with a piece of wire or a
screwdriver. This should produce some clicking noises from the speaker.
Check it on a working FM-VHF band so you know what to listen for.



This may sound like a lot of trouble for a cheapo radio, but I'd like to
learn
about how these work. I've always been curious about that part of it.
Also,
once you've unsoldered one end of the capacitor, can you test it with a
multimeter, and if so, on what setting. I have an analog Craftsman
multimeter.

Thanks again. :-D

You can test for dead shorted, or almost dead shorted caps with a
multimeter. These caps will show a short or a resistance on the "ohms'
range. A problem limited to some of the bands could be one of the trimmer
caps related to the dead bands, but these are usually reliable. Water can
damage them, so look for water stains.

Most of the radio's capacitors, and all of the electrolytics, are part of
the radio's power supply and the audio amplifier. These should be OK,
because these are used on all the bands.

I'm assuming this radio has a PC board and I don't know how to unsolder one
end of most capacitors on a PC board and check it. Axial lead capacitors
usually need to be removed to be thouroughly checked. A capacitor with a
gross short will read 0 ohms in circuit.

I suggest you check for poor solder connections and cracks first.

Frank Dresser

It's not a Ross, I'm almost sure. If that wasn't bad enough, earlier today the
back cover that opens and closes, fell off. :-( Glue was too old.

Thanks for the help and I'd love to hear other thoughts on my situation as
well. :-D

"Josey221" wrote in message
...
It's not a Ross, I'm almost sure. If that wasn't bad enough, earlier today
the
back cover that opens and closes, fell off. :-( Glue was too old.

Thanks for the help and I'd love to hear other thoughts on my situation as
well. :-D



Yes, take a look at:

http://repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_tshoot.html

Most of the above doesn't really apply to your situation, but some of it
does and it's worth browsing.

Browse through some of these, if you can:

http://repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_Repair.html

Frank Dresser

Is your radio anything like the Ross Worldmaster:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...em=5701380 58
6&rd=1


For what it's worth, I fixed up a Ross Worldmaster last year, although that
radio didn't have any problems with reception.

Wow, I have a Ross, have had it for two summers. I NEVER thought it was a
'World Master.'

I keep that one radio in a seperate room with a Radio Shack reel in antenna
(the one with theadpter that pushes 'onto' your whip.....which I actually
prefer.

But I knew that picture didn't look nothing like mine so I got up and went and
physically brought it in here and shined it up real good.

On my sig, I've always had Ross #2311 because that's all I saw.....duh!!!!!!
Mine has the face plate in sparkling stainless steel or chrome. {?} It says
on the lid *Solid State Multi-Band Sounds Around The World. In between the
words Band and Sounds is a 'lip' that you lift the cover up.

It doesn't come off, on the inside of the lid on the left is the 'Time Dial'
and underneath it says "outer Dial/Time of Day - -Inner Dial/Zone No. and on
the right hand side of the inner lid it has a map of the world with the numbers
starting on the far left of 1 through and ending at 24.

Help me out here Frank, I've never paid this dial much attention, what do you
do? Like right now it is say 2am(local)....which is 0600UCT how does that dial
coincide with that.......then what- you match it with the map of the world and
know what their UCT is?

That's something that I never paid it any attention, *BUT* underneath the dial
and writings like I said, I'll be darn if it don't say 'World Master.' :-D

This thing is in MINT condition other than a small fact that it looks like (was
like this before I got it) someone was painting and there's like tiny tiny
little specks-maybe seven of them of white paint.

It has seven 'push down' switches that I had cleaned with contact cleaner and I
cleaned the 'tone' knob that has bass and treble and the volume knob.....even
has a RED button that says Dial Light on it - and it works fine.

Each switch is in different BRIGHT colors and it has in order
LW(red)/AM(orange/MB(Green)/SW1.2(Blue/SW3.4(Brown)FM(Red/VHHF1.2(Green)

It has a 38"Telescoping Whip, that hwen pulled all the way out, it rotates
360%.

Thanks for bringing it up and getting me up to take a look at it more closely,
I have a *Ross World Master* -gee-gotta change that sig now. ;-) FWIW, it
really is a good sounding and extremely selective SW radio, which I would want
over sensitivity really.

Time to move her in the shack. Thanks!
But FRank or someone, I know it must be easy, but what's the deal with the dial
and how does it work.....gotta be late.


~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross*World Master*/Rhapsody-MultiBand
DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft.
500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated)
120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire
2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas
Radio Shack Amplified Antenna
30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap)
* Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable*
*21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop*
~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~
~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~
~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~