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[email protected] March 6th 05 04:40 PM

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


m II March 6th 05 06:38 PM

wrote:

---stuff---


Does webtv offer courses in the use of the return/enter key? Does your keyboard
have an 'Enter' key?


I just pressed mine twice...See how this sentence is formed a bit BELOW the
previous one?


That effect makes it easier to follow what you are writing. Eighty seven percent
of people surveyed said that they would enjoy your little compositions 00.01
percent MORE than they do now, if they were easier to read.


That, surely, is worth the effort.


We will work on composition and content at a later date.



mike

[email protected] March 6th 05 07:19 PM

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


[email protected] March 6th 05 07:21 PM

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.


[email protected] March 6th 05 07:24 PM

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


m II March 6th 05 07:33 PM

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

[email protected] March 6th 05 07:36 PM

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


[email protected] March 6th 05 07:41 PM

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.


m II March 6th 05 07:43 PM

wrote:

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 don't believe your WebTV keyboard HAS a return key. You could PROVE it if you
had one. Do you enter text with a joystick or game controller?




mike

[email protected] March 6th 05 07:43 PM

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


dxAce March 6th 05 07:48 PM



m II wrote:

wrote:

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 don't believe your WebTV keyboard HAS a return key. You could PROVE it if you
had one. Do you enter text with a joystick or game controller?


I think we all know what 'joystick' you folks in CanaDuh play with!

One word of warning here... please don't accuse me of trying to impersonate or
forge posts from you again.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



[email protected] March 6th 05 07:49 PM

I own a little two or three transistor shirt pocket Radio I bought in
Saigon in 1964 brand new for only a few dollars.I don't remember the
name of it just now,it is in one of my several footlockers I have here
crammed full of many more small old transtior Radios.A few years ago I
saw where a Radio just like it sold for several hundred dollars.
cuhulin


m II March 6th 05 07:54 PM

dxAce wrote:

One word of warning here... please don't accuse me of trying to impersonate or
forge posts from you again.


So, stop doing it.




mike

dxAce March 6th 05 07:58 PM



m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:

One word of warning here... please don't accuse me of trying to impersonate or
forge posts from you again.


So, stop doing it.


The point is, 'tard... I'm not doing it.

Get a clue... don't they sell them there? Oh, that's right... not for sale in
third-world **** stained underwear countries like yours.

Sorry... I forgot!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"Coming soon to a screwed up nation such as yours".



Honus March 6th 05 08:05 PM


"m II" wrote in message news:RdJWd.4310$i6.1038@edtnps90...
dxAce wrote:

One word of warning here... please don't accuse me of trying to

impersonate or
forge posts from you again.


So, stop doing it.


So what makes you think it's him?



m II March 6th 05 08:06 PM

wrote:

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



Your are showing the weaknesses in your education system again. Either that or
the crack habit has got you. Perhaps brain cancer? Go see a doctor.





IN FLANDERS FIELDS

Written By John McCrae


In Flanders fields the poppies blow
between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

















mike

[email protected] March 6th 05 08:08 PM

I just now pressed my webtv wireless keyboar's Return Key to get back
here and respond here and type this posting.On my webtv wireless hand
held remote control unit,the GO button in the middle of the ring of four
Arrow buttons is the same function as the Return key on my webtv
wireless keyboard.The Return key on my webtv keyboard and the GO button
serve the same function as the Enter key on my computer keyboards and on
your computer keyboard(s) too.There are adapters available for folks who
want to use wired keyboards with webtv too.I think the website for those
adapters is, www.omdev.com but I might be mistaken about the
website,you can do a search for that.
cuhulin


Honus March 6th 05 08:08 PM


"m II" wrote in message news:RoJWd.4315$i6.117@edtnps90...
wrote:

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



Your are showing the weaknesses in your education system again. Either

that or
the crack habit has got you. Perhaps brain cancer? Go see a doctor.





IN FLANDERS FIELDS

Written By John McCrae


If no one points out that McCrae was a Canadian, this is going to go right
over his head.



m II March 6th 05 08:13 PM

Honus wrote:

So, stop doing it.



So what makes you think it's him?



Motive, opportunity and past history of abuse. Fingerprints are hard to get,
however. He also has a hatred of countries around him. Terms like "Mexican
pieces of ****" and "Canadian pieces of ****" and "third-world **** stained
underwear countries" come out of his mouth as easily as most people say "Hello".

The man is ill and xenophobic. He hates things he can't understand and that
covers just about everything out there. It's a big world but he's stuck with
pinhole vision.





mike

[email protected] March 6th 05 08:16 PM

I use the KEYS on my webtv wireless KEYBOARD.Get it? KEYS,just like on
computer KEYBOARDS,Get it? Sheeesh,Jim White,former talk radio show host
out of KMOX St.Louis,Missouri sure is right,YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID! and
those canaDUHians PROVE that every Day and Night!
cuhulin


[email protected] March 6th 05 08:37 PM

Yeah,U.S.A. RULES the World.There used to be webtv available in
canaDUH,but that Rogers outfit in canaDUH screwed that up.webtv used to
be available in Japan too.I don't know what happened about that though
and Japan isn't a third World country either,in my opinion.
cuhulin


[email protected] March 6th 05 08:38 PM

It sure isn't me!
cuhulin


[email protected] March 6th 05 08:40 PM

I never have messed around with crack or dope or drugs before and I
never will either and there isn't anything with my Brain.Yours is full
of ****!
cuhulin


[email protected] March 6th 05 08:42 PM

I read about Flanders Fields about 55 years ago,long before you was even
born.
cuhulin


Honus March 6th 05 09:06 PM


"m II" wrote in message news:kvJWd.4317$i6.422@edtnps90...
Honus wrote:

So, stop doing it.



So what makes you think it's him?



Motive, opportunity and past history of abuse.


Yeah, but there are other people in this group that would qualify. The guy
posting as GayinCanada, for instance. Unless you think that's DxAce as well.
(I don't, FWIW.)



[email protected] March 8th 05 03:06 AM

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....

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

This is one of the easy ones, but I believe you nonetheless.

Soon after I got the radio, I went over to the Library of Congress and
copied the Sams Photofact for it. It was easy to do things like that
back then; security is much tighter now. The Photofact has the cord
stringing diagram. I have some spare cord lying around too.

Thanks for writing.


[email protected] March 8th 05 03:32 AM

Yeah,but Sandy Berger has probaly done stold all of those drawings by
now.
cuhulin



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