Welcome Guest! Be sure you know and follow the Phorum Rules before posting. Thank you and Enjoy! (January 12) x

Thread Closed
Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

GE 7- 2885 Portable
#1

I have bot this off the bay the AM is damaged someway, it should rock on AM and it is very weak. I complained and seller told me to keep and I got credit.

On these "modern" sets any ideas on what could be issue?

It plays great on FM.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/92577012@N...ed-public/



Paul

Tubetalk1
#2

they are GGreat little radio's,,,and they have great volume to them,,,,they came along before the Bome boxes,,Cheers
#3

Maybe alignment?.............


Paul

Tubetalk1
#4

I'm not sure what could go wrong in these radios myself. Usually they are either alive or totally dead. Could be alignment, capacitors, cold solder joints (being portable does mean occasional jolts), or bad resistors. I have the later model of one of these from about 10 years ago and it is a good performer.

No matter where you go, there you are.
#5

I have had two issues on the Superadio I and II. By far the most common is that the AM RF amp transistor will fail. Easy to check for this... If you look at your tuner, you'll see that one lead from the antenna goes straight to one tuner section. Locate the larger of the other two sections and touch a screwdriver to that connection. If the radio gets louder, than the RF amp is your problem.
#6

Thks for the feedback, we will see if we can get some AM here.

PAul

Tubetalk1




Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)
[-]
Recent Posts
Philco 91 Restore Code ??
Hello Mike, Yes, I have 3 Fluke meters one being my first Fluke 77 and other being Fluke 87. My third is Fluke clamp -...radiorich — 05:04 PM
Philco 91 Restore Code ??
I knew that Fluke was the Cadillac so with that in mind what Fluke would you recommend I get?dconant — 03:53 PM
Philco 91 Restore Code ??
Yep. 10W is probably enough. Also, if the meter measures Farads, then it should also have that "Delta" button...morzh — 02:38 PM
Philco 91 Restore Code ??
I measured the current through the resistor I am using as a replacement for the speaker field coil and got 40ma. So that...dconant — 02:32 PM
Philco 91 Restore Code ??
No I'm not saying I don't own a DMM. I have a CCC one (Thsinde 18+). I forgot that could read caps. I did purchase a Flu...dconant — 02:28 PM
Philco 91 Restore Code ??
Are you telling me you do not own any decent DMM, that can measure capacitances from a few pF and up? Even todays CCC (C...morzh — 01:44 PM
Restoring Philco 96
Well, selectivity today, with stations disappearing, is not such a problem for TRF as it likely used to be. Although wh...morzh — 01:42 PM
Philco 91 Restore Code ??
Mike I did that already and can't really get any kind of reading. My little Honeytek A6013L reads 0 on all scales. One s...dconant — 01:38 PM
New member
Well, to be frank, when it comes to radios, especially the older types, a person with no electronic background could be ...morzh — 01:33 PM
Restoring Philco 96
Thanks for mentioning the video you had uploaded. Somehow I missed that post. Just watched your video, and it sounds to ...jrblasde — 01:28 PM

[-]
Who's Online
There are currently 2855 online users. [Complete List]
» 2 Member(s) | 2853 Guest(s)
AvatarAvatar

>