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cathoderay57 · 21st May 2019, 10:14 pm

Thanks for the replies - useful tips inc suitable equiv devices. The fault was definitely somewhere in the audio section - sound rapidly distorted and disappeared regardless of the selected freq band. No sound at all touching pin 4 so fault must have been downstream of the volume control. If the fault returns I'll certainly check the plugs & connectors. It has quite a good dynamic range for a small set. I suppose the only slightly disappointing thing is FM only goes up to 101MHz whereas my other transistor set a Roberts R700 goes up to 108. As I mostly listen to R4 that's not a problem! Classic FM reception (101.5?) in this location is not great anyway. Cheers, Jerry

21st May 2019, 10:14 pm	#14
cathoderay57 Nonode Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Bristol, UK. Posts: 2,384	Re: Hacker Hunter Thanks for the replies - useful tips inc suitable equiv devices. The fault was definitely somewhere in the audio section - sound rapidly distorted and disappeared regardless of the selected freq band. No sound at all touching pin 4 so fault must have been downstream of the volume control. If the fault returns I'll certainly check the plugs & connectors. It has quite a good dynamic range for a small set. I suppose the only slightly disappointing thing is FM only goes up to 101MHz whereas my other transistor set a Roberts R700 goes up to 108. As I mostly listen to R4 that's not a problem! Classic FM reception (101.5?) in this location is not great anyway. Cheers, Jerry