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February 25th 06, 12:07 AM
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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? |
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February 25th 06, 12:22 AM
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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. |
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February 25th 06, 12:44 AM
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Sangean ATS-803A
That is right.You paid Radio Shack to repair your radio,make them repair
your radio. cuhulin |
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#4
February 25th 06, 01:26 AM
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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? |
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#5
February 25th 06, 01:57 AM
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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? |
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#6
February 25th 06, 02:44 AM
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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? |
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#7
February 25th 06, 02:45 AM
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Sangean ATS-803A
Well, now I got ~$90 into it so far . . .
"Brenda Ann" wrote in message ... "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? |
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#8
February 25th 06, 04:20 AM
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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? |
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February 25th 06, 04:45 AM
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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. |
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#10
February 25th 06, 05:48 AM
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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? |
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