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AD360 Rob · 25th Jan 2018, 9:56 pm

Excellent work there Mark. I have 2 of the Ekco versions, one is (or was, not powered it up for some time) working very well but was missing an inner knob. the other was in a right state when I bought it but was complete with all knobs. I took pity on it and cosmetically it has come up really well indeed but is fairly quiet especially on FM (a NOS ucc85 got FM working but it's still quiet) and AM is ok but won't peak. The main trouble with that set is that the metal thing that the chassis fastens to has no thing to grip on the case. I too have a soft spot for these sets as they do sound rather nice.

25th Jan 2018, 9:56 pm	#3
AD360 Rob Hexode Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Chester, Cheshire, UK. Posts: 421	Re: The Story Of My Ferranti U1003 Repair Excellent work there Mark. I have 2 of the Ekco versions, one is (or was, not powered it up for some time) working very well but was missing an inner knob. the other was in a right state when I bought it but was complete with all knobs. I took pity on it and cosmetically it has come up really well indeed but is fairly quiet especially on FM (a NOS ucc85 got FM working but it's still quiet) and AM is ok but won't peak. The main trouble with that set is that the metal thing that the chassis fastens to has no thing to grip on the case. I too have a soft spot for these sets as they do sound rather nice.