My old Radio
 

It is an old Sears LW/SW1/SW2/SW3/AM/FM Radio.On the front it says,Sears
MULTI-BAND and on the speaker grill it says,20 WAv FARER.Inside the back
panel on the radio's chassis battery compartment (I don't use betteries
with this radio) it says,Model NO.8277 Chassis NO.564 40050.The
off/Volume control switch doesn't work properly and the seven push
buttons on top (there is an eight push down button button to turn the
dial light on temporairly and one of the other push down buttons on top
is for BATT.CHECK) often do not lock down properly and stay locked down
when they should.I often have to mess around with the push buttons on
top of the radio and mess around and wiggle the off/on/volume control
knob.It could be that the thin nut on the switch only needs tightened up
again,but I did that recently and that didn't help much) I really like
this old radio because it pulls in stations really good,especially AM
stations.I can replace the off/on/volume control switch if I can locate
a proper replacement switch.It is a heavy old radio,I guess it probally
weighs at least twenty five pounds or more.It was in the same condition
as it is now when I bought it for $4.00 at a Goodwill thrift store about
five years ago,I guess that is why the previous owner donated it to the
Goodwill thrift store.I was thinking someone could look my old radio up
on the internet and tell me where I can buy a proper replacement
on/off/volume control switch for my radio.There is a seperate little
panel on the back of the radio that flips up and on the left there is a
jack for an external antenna,next to that is a slide switch for ON OFF
BATT.SAVER,next to that,another slide switch for,Radio,Tape
Rec.Phono.next to that,another jack for,Tape Rec.Phono.next to
that,Earphone.On the front of the radio at top right is a slide switch
for AFC.ON.below that are five small
knobs,Fine.Tun.,Squelch,Treble,Bass,and below that is the on/off/volume
control switch I want to replace myself.There is a TUNE.BATT meter to
the top right side of the small control knobs.There are also two large
tuneing knobs near the bottom on the front panel of the radio,one is for
AM,the one on the right next to that is for FM.Like I say,I really like
this old radio and I want to get it in decent operating condition.The
telescopic antenna is missing except for the bottom metal tube of the
antenna,but I think I can locate a proper replacement antenna perhaps at
a local Radio Shack store or at the Hooper Sound store on Terry Road in
Jackson or I will look in my phone book.Thanks for any information and
help concerning this old radio.
cuhulin

My webtv wireless keyboard has those keys and many more keys too.I just
now counted 86 keys and 10 buttons and 1 slide switch on my webtv
keyboard.My webtv wireless hand held remote,which I often use (I can
pull up an on screen keyboard and use my hand held remote to do the same
functions as I can with my keyboard too,any webtv user will tell you
that) has buttons on it for,Shopping,Power,Back,Scrolling up and
down,GO,Recent,Options,Home,Search,Favorites and there are four Arrow
buttons on there too,same as on my webtv keyboard and on your keyboard
too.I have a few more webtv wireless hand held remotes with many more
buttons than that on them and I can do many more things with them too.I
can click on PIP (Picture in Picture and get tv PIP on my webtv tv
screen and I can control the tv volume and change tv channels with
buttons on my keyboard too.(but,I have a seperate tv set I use with my
DirecTV service) My webtv isn't really stupid.I enjoy it very much.There
are many other things webtv can do and does do too.I have
computers,broadband and webtv.I am not missing out on anything,you
are.Why don't you look around on eBay or Circuit City or Best Buy and
see if you can locate yourself a webtv too.Who knows? You just might
like webtv,give it a try before you knock it,it won't cost you much
money.There are many folks who use webtv AND computers.Do some searches
on the internet for webtv and msntv and you can read much more about
webtv and msntv,,,, if you want to.
cuhulin

I really like this old radio....

I know where you're coming from. I've picked up a few of those old
multiband radios at yard sales and from trash piles. They're a lot of
fun to play with.

Unfortunately, the only way you'll find parts for them, particular the
pushbutton band selector switch, is to scavenge them from another
radio.

The volume control is probably a stock part from Radio Shack, Mouser,
MCM, or any of the usual suspects. They're generally about 5K or 10K
ohms, with or without a on-off switch as well. I had to replace the
volume control on my first shortwave radio, a small multiband affair.
It is a Peerless model 1444 14 transistor, 4 band radio. I modded it a
little. The replacement volume control came from Radio Shack. My
control really was broken, beyond any improvment that contact cleaner
could provide.

The radio needs a new dial cord. One of these days, I do believe I'll
replace that dial cord too.

OH,I forgot to mention,you live in canaDUH,don't you? and I remember
reading in webtv alt discussion news groups (which computers can not
access behind webtv's Firewalls) that Rogers in canaDUH messed it up for
canaDUHians as far as webtv is concerned in canaDUH.
cuhulin

wrote:

The radio needs a new dial cord. One of these days, I do believe I'll
replace that dial cord too.


Where angels fear to tread...


Be very careful. Dial cords were not intended to be understood by human beings.
If you DO go ahead, draw a picture of the pulleys and the direction of the
string travel before you touch anything. The direction of the string wrap around
the shafts may be very important too.


There is a rumour out there that last person to successfully restring a radio
died in 1979.

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=... Search&meta=






mike

All canaDUHians know how to do is Shoving their heads up their asses and
being COWARDS!
cuhulin

Try cleaning the band switch mechanicsm with a bit if tuner spray then
lube it ever so l;ightly (not the contacts).

Get some non-lubricating tuner cleaner to clean volume controls and the
like. RS no longer sells it, but a good electronics store may still
have it.

I am glad to see there are other folks out there who like those old
Radios as much as I do and some of those old Radios,you can't beat the
prices on some of them.Thanks for the information.I own a lot of old
collectible tube type and collectible tansistor Radios too that I bought
at thrift stores and junk shops and individual people and fleamarkets
over many years.For me,they are keepers.
cuhulin