Trio 9R-59D receiver problems.
Would anyone know the name for the wire that goes from the PCB up to to the AF potentiometer. The wire is black, it's shielded and single copper PVC coated inside. I need to replace both wires from the pot to the PCB to make a nice job of it.
eBay is no help. Well may be it's because I don't know what I am looking for. Can anyone help please? |
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Hello Trevor.
Do you mean the name for the type of wire (shielded) used? The answer to that is coax, or coaxial cable to give its proper name. If I've failed to understand your question, I apologise. |
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In the UK it is screened wire. Elsewhere it is shielded wire. It may be lapped screen (thin screening wires simply wrapped in parallel spirals around the core) or full coax (some sort of woven screen). Lapped screened wire is OK for short audio connections; it may be cheaper than coax, and will usually be more flexible.
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G8HQP Dave, thank you for your help. |
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I'd have just ysed something like the ubiquitous UR95-type 'mini coax'.
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Type "screened audio cable" into Google Also "Microphone cable" Fred |
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Unless you're dead set on originality, solid or stranded inner won't make any difference at audio frequencies.
For solid inner, you would be better looking at miniature RF coax than audio or microphone screened cables- by their very nature these need to be flexible and so will be stranded. At UHF frequencies in miniature coax, solid inner provides more closely controlled dimensions to provide better constancy of the characteristic impedance. |
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Sadly, because of the foolishness of some audiophiles, ordinary cheap lapped screen cable has almost disappeared from catalogues. Even when present, it may be 'OFC' - quite unnecessary, but more expensive.
You may be able to buy a twin version and separate the two. |
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Thank you all for the information given to me.
With the help of another good member of the forum - Phil G4SPZ and his donation of a metre of the audio cable. I was about to pay him for this but no way would he let me do so. Thank you Phil. I have been a bit of a pest with emails by the dozen to Phil. Dont know a much about electronics. If it is a mechanical fault i can fix it, like if i can see a broken wire or a valve not lit up i can sort it. I am only a SWL and a lot of old radios went through my ownership. I used to pick them up you know the old valve sets 4 for a £ in B.ham back in the 1960 era. Some made it some never even lit up. Thank you again. |
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I’ve been communicating with Trevor via PMs, which are a bit unwieldy.
So far, he has successfully replaced the volume control and the receiver is working, but with constant hum. He has established that the HT at the anode of the output valve (pin 5) is only about 40 volts instead of the normal 200 volts. I have now asked Trevor to measure the valve’s cathode voltage to see whether the low HT is being caused by excessive current draw through the output valve or simply by a faulty reservoir capacitor. Trev, can you now please let us know what make and model of multimeter you are using? |
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If you can clarify which model you have I'll post up a circuit extract. |
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On the subject of hum ( unrelated to low HT) please check for dc volts on the input grid of the valve, if any found replace the capacitor on the grid, does not need to be exact value, it allows the AF to get to the valve and isolates the grid from DC. you will fix this radio as very simple circuit and also these preform very good MM0HDW |
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If the set in question is indeed a 9R59DE/DS with two circular dials, the Radio Constructor magazine in Oct 1970, and in March and April 1971 carried a series of modifications by Martin Lindars in Radio Constructor, which included modifications to reduce hum. I'm not suggesting that those modifications will cure an abnormally high level of hum in this particular set, but it certainly reduced the hum when I did the mods on my set. Namely, to reposition the output transformer beneath the chassis away from the mains transformer, and to fit a small LF choke across the reservoir/smoothing caps.
As the set doesn't have an internal speaker, the hum is especially noticeable when using headphones. Here’s a clip from the articles: Quote: "The two basic shortcomings of the receiver are (a) excessive 50Hz a.c. mains hum - particularly noticeable when using 8Q headphones - and (b) oscillator instability above 15MHz. The first of these will disappear once the following modification has been carried out. The second shortcoming will be dealt with next month. The first cure for excessive hum tried out was to fit an additional smoothing circuit in the main h.t. line but this proved to be ineffective, only a small improvement being gained at the expense of a reduced supply voltage. The a.c. mains 50Hz hum was found to be almost entirely due to the siting of the output transformer on the chassis deck right alongside the mains trans- former. Upon re-siting the output transformer under the chassis the hum virtually vanished, proving that most of it had been induced between the two adjacent transformers”. End quote. He also stated that when he substituted the 6AQ5 output valve for an EL95 (no mods to the valve-holder wiring) that helped eliminate hum and distortion. (Mention was also made of re-siting some RF wiring away from the heater wiring). There were many other mods of which I carried out most, such as fitting a voltage stabiliser and crystal marker, for which provision was already made on the chassis, and was covered by a circuit in the user handbook. Here are the links to the articles: October '70: https://www.americanradiohistory.com...RC-1970-10.pdf March '71: https://www.americanradiohistory.com...RC-1971-03.pdf April '71: https://www.americanradiohistory.com...RC-1971-04.pdf Hope that's of interest and help. |
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I remember reading those Radio Constructor articles when they were first published, but I never modified my own receiver which I still have.
Before we start offering the OP too much advice, which may go over his head, I think we should establish which receiver he has and why he has such a low anode voltage on the output valve anode. |
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Hi and thank you for your help . I am out of my depth on the forum talking about electronics . Now if it was mercedes car engines i can talk about those
Well the help from Phil was a very big help to me .But i think i over did the pm side . So the receiver is a Trio 9R 59D i have the owners manual and also a service manual .Nothing fantastic but basic diagrams and information .I will check out each post above and try and go through it the best i can ,.I only came on the forum to ask about a repair shop that could look in to it for me. I have a FRG7 thats deaf going by the performance that this old Trio .I would love to get it up to perfection. Thank you all again for your help . |
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I didn't think there was a model 9R-59D, but I'm always willing to learn. Does it have twin round tuning scales?
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My memory of the era was that the linear dial version was rarely seen in the UK with a Trio badge, I think most were advertised by the likes of Laskeys and GW Smith under the Lafayette banner. The amateur radio outlets sold the Trio 9R-59DS with its round dials behind windows.
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This set was originally described in the thread title as an R9-59D which was clearly wrong, so it was edited to read 9R-59D.
There are several threads in the forums relating to 9R-59D. Some of these are clearly DE or DS suffix models. I'd love to know whether there was a model with a plain D suffix. |
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