Sangean ATS-803A
 

Bought a Sangean ATS-803A off ebay a couple weeks ago; worked well on AM &
FM, absolutely no reception on SW. Sent it to Radio Shack for repair. They
resoldered some broken solder joints & aligned it. Still doesn't pick
anything up using the attached telescoping antenna, but picks up the strong
stations using a dipole. Very disappointing. Anybody want it?

Sangean ATS-803A
 

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:07:55 GMT, "Lisa Simpson"
wrote:

Bought a Sangean ATS-803A off ebay a couple weeks ago; worked well on AM &
FM, absolutely no reception on SW. Sent it to Radio Shack for repair. They
resoldered some broken solder joints & aligned it. Still doesn't pick
anything up using the attached telescoping antenna, but picks up the strong
stations using a dipole. Very disappointing. Anybody want it?


If you paid Radio Shack to fix it why not make them fix it right?
That's a heckuva radio.

Sangean ATS-803A
 

That is right.You paid Radio Shack to repair your radio,make them repair
your radio.
cuhulin

Sangean ATS-803A
 

May be a stupid question BUT...
Did you move the switch on the back by the antenna input?





"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Bought a Sangean ATS-803A off ebay a couple weeks ago; worked well on AM &
FM, absolutely no reception on SW. Sent it to Radio Shack for repair.
They
resoldered some broken solder joints & aligned it. Still doesn't pick
anything up using the attached telescoping antenna, but picks up the
strong
stations using a dipole. Very disappointing. Anybody want it?

Sangean ATS-803A
 

"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Bought a Sangean ATS-803A off ebay a couple weeks ago; worked well on AM &
FM, absolutely no reception on SW. Sent it to Radio Shack for repair.
They
resoldered some broken solder joints & aligned it. Still doesn't pick
anything up using the attached telescoping antenna, but picks up the
strong
stations using a dipole. Very disappointing. Anybody want it?


I'm up for a repair challenge. How much you asking for it?

Sangean ATS-803A
 

Yeah, I thought about that about 1/2 way thru the scan, it was positioned
correctly, but to be sure I switched it back & forth a few times &
rescanned. The receiver does pick up the strong signals on the dipole,
which definitely puts into question the portability & therefore usefulness,
but MAYBE this room has too much RFI for it (several computers). I'm gonna
try it outside tomorrow on the whip & see . . .

"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
om...
May be a stupid question BUT...
Did you move the switch on the back by the antenna input?





"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Bought a Sangean ATS-803A off ebay a couple weeks ago; worked well on AM
&
FM, absolutely no reception on SW. Sent it to Radio Shack for repair.
They
resoldered some broken solder joints & aligned it. Still doesn't pick
anything up using the attached telescoping antenna, but picks up the
strong
stations using a dipole. Very disappointing. Anybody want it?

Sangean ATS-803A
 

Well, now I got ~$90 into it so far . . .

"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
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"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Bought a Sangean ATS-803A off ebay a couple weeks ago; worked well on AM
&
FM, absolutely no reception on SW. Sent it to Radio Shack for repair.
They
resoldered some broken solder joints & aligned it. Still doesn't pick
anything up using the attached telescoping antenna, but picks up the
strong
stations using a dipole. Very disappointing. Anybody want it?


I'm up for a repair challenge. How much you asking for it?

Sangean ATS-803A
 

My ATS-803 is very sensitive off the whip...



"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Yeah, I thought about that about 1/2 way thru the scan, it was positioned
correctly, but to be sure I switched it back & forth a few times &
rescanned. The receiver does pick up the strong signals on the dipole,
which definitely puts into question the portability & therefore
usefulness,
but MAYBE this room has too much RFI for it (several computers). I'm
gonna
try it outside tomorrow on the whip & see . . .

"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
om...
May be a stupid question BUT...
Did you move the switch on the back by the antenna input?





"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Bought a Sangean ATS-803A off ebay a couple weeks ago; worked well on
AM
&
FM, absolutely no reception on SW. Sent it to Radio Shack for repair.
They
resoldered some broken solder joints & aligned it. Still doesn't pick
anything up using the attached telescoping antenna, but picks up the
strong
stations using a dipole. Very disappointing. Anybody want it?

Sangean ATS-803A
 

"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Bought a Sangean ATS-803A off ebay a couple weeks ago; worked well
on AM &
FM, absolutely no reception on SW. Sent it to Radio Shack for
repair. They
resoldered some broken solder joints & aligned it. Still doesn't
pick
anything up using the attached telescoping antenna, but picks up
the strong
stations using a dipole. Very disappointing. Anybody want it?

Compared to a tabletop like an R72, the 803A is going
to be disappointing. Compared to a lot of other portables,
it's a nice old radio that handles an external antenna
well without overloading. My Radio Shack equivalent
(DX-440) is still chugging along (or chuffing, since I've
never bothered to make the anti-chuffing mod), and
I let my kids play with it to see what they can pull in.

--Mike L.

Sangean ATS-803A
 

Must be nice!

"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
om...
My ATS-803 is very sensitive off the whip...



"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Yeah, I thought about that about 1/2 way thru the scan, it was
positioned
correctly, but to be sure I switched it back & forth a few times &
rescanned. The receiver does pick up the strong signals on the dipole,
which definitely puts into question the portability & therefore
usefulness,
but MAYBE this room has too much RFI for it (several computers). I'm
gonna
try it outside tomorrow on the whip & see . . .

"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
om...
May be a stupid question BUT...
Did you move the switch on the back by the antenna input?





"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Bought a Sangean ATS-803A off ebay a couple weeks ago; worked well
on
AM
&
FM, absolutely no reception on SW. Sent it to Radio Shack for
repair.
They
resoldered some broken solder joints & aligned it. Still doesn't
pick
anything up using the attached telescoping antenna, but picks up
the
strong
stations using a dipole. Very disappointing. Anybody want it?