Just curious to hear about shortwave receivers that people have owned that
are their longest-operating receivers. How long did they last, and are you
still using them? Did they require major overhaul at any point during their
long lives?

Jackie

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"Buzzygirl" wrote:

Just curious to hear about shortwave receivers that people have owned that
are their longest-operating receivers. How long did they last, and are you
still using them? Did they require major overhaul at any point during their
long lives?

The R8 I once owned worked fine for over a decade. The receivers I own
now are in the single digits in years.

The 7030+ display backlight is failing and I'll have to do something
about it. Any advice appreciated about the display going dark. It looks
like LED's are used for back lighting and they are failing. Some times
they go on and off so it looks like cracked solder connections to the
back lighting LEDs. The display is metal shielded so it looks like a
project to take apart if it is possible to even do that without
destroying the display.

The Drake R8B no problems so far.

The RX-340 had the bulb for the S-meter open. I replaced it with white
LEDS. It looks great and I fiddled with the dropping resistor to it so
the meter illumination and the other displays are balanced. Also had the
receiver quit on me altogether at one point. That problem turned out to
be cracked solder connections in the switching power supply board at the
output connector. All I had to do to fix that was reflow the solder on
the circuit board.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:36:25 -0600, "Buzzygirl"
wrote:

Just curious to hear about shortwave receivers that people have owned that
are their longest-operating receivers. How long did they last, and are you
still using them? Did they require major overhaul at any point during their
long lives?

Jackie


Got my Japan Radio Company NRD 525 receiver in 1988. Almost daily use.
Never a hiccup.

bob
k5qwg

Zenith A600 Trans-Oceanic made in late '57.

So far, so good.

Radio Shack Realistic DX 160. Bought new about 1976 and still runs as
well as it did 30 years ago. Needed no repairs. Its not the worlds
greatest rxr and has had more than its share of shelf time but I still
drag it out from time to time. Original dial lights still work.
Bob

Am Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:36:25 -0600 schrieb Buzzygirl:

Just curious to hear about shortwave receivers that people have owned that
are their longest-operating receivers. How long did they last, and are you
still using them? Did they require major overhaul at any point during their
long lives?

I still got a Grundig Satellite 400 from 1988. I still sometimes use it on
travel, only fault is that the dial is going difficult now (I did take it
in my backpackt to Madagascar where it did get a bit damaged).

At home I still use my NRD 525 G from 1990. Never any problem with it.

Regards,

Frank

Buzzygirl wrote:
Just curious to hear about shortwave receivers that people have owned that
are their longest-operating receivers. How long did they last, and are you
still using them? Did they require major overhaul at any point during their
long lives?

Jackie


My NC-125 was built in the late fifties. I bought it used in the mid
seventies, so I've had it for more than thirty years. I partially
recapped it, re-tubed and re-alined it last year. It still works rather
nicely, thanks.

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:49:24 -0500, Bill Mutch
wrote:

Buzzygirl wrote:
Just curious to hear about shortwave receivers that people have owned that
are their longest-operating receivers. How long did they last, and are you
still using them? Did they require major overhaul at any point during their
long lives?

Jackie


My NC-125 was built in the late fifties. I bought it used in the mid
seventies, so I've had it for more than thirty years. I partially
recapped it, re-tubed and re-alined it last year. It still works rather
nicely, thanks.

I have one of those I'm saving for after the Iranian EMP bomb.

Bill Mutch wrote:
Buzzygirl wrote:

Just curious to hear about shortwave receivers that people have owned
that
are their longest-operating receivers. How long did they last, and are
you
still using them? Did they require major overhaul at any point during
their
long lives?

Jackie


My NC-125 was built in the late fifties. I bought it used in the mid
seventies, so I've had it for more than thirty years. I partially
recapped it, re-tubed and re-alined it last year. It still works rather
nicely, thanks.

Oh, I forgot...I have a BC348Q built in 1943...also re-tubed and
re-alined last year. I know nothing of this radios history during WWII
and know only a couple of its post war civilian owners. This radio was
built to survive near misses from 37 mm cannon fire...perhaps it has.
It still works well today.

Hallicrafters S-38EB radio and a Grundig AM/FM/Shortwave/Phonograph
wooden cabinet floor model radio (I say it was built by Telefunken
because everything in the two little owners/operators pamphlets that
came with the radio refer only to Telefunken as far as brand name
goes,but on the front grill is a warped [warped from age,I guess] pot
metal thingy that says Grundig and the only date I can find in only one
of the two owners/operators pamphlets/booklets says 1957) and a Grundig
Opus 7 AM/FM/Shortwave wooden cabinet radio.

I dont know which of those three radios is the oldest.I still need to
locate a power cord for my Grundig Opus 7 radio so I can try it out and
see if it works,when I bought the radio at a Goodwill store,the power
cord was missing.The other two radios (which I also bought at a Goodwill
store do still work,but I dont doubt they need some recapping or
whatever and a good tune up so they will work as good as new and I dont
know how to work on radios.
cuhulin