UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Hacker Sovereign II (RP25) tuning extended to 104 Mhz?

Specmaster · 20th Apr 2017, 2:35 pm

I have just purchased one of these on Ebay to restore and also to compare against my HMV Diplomat as I was always under the impression that the Hacker Sovereign was the best sounding radio ever made.

Now I have a Sovereign and able to compare side by side, I'm not so sure, both sound great but the build quality of the Hacker is far above that of the HMV.

I was disappointed to note that the Hacker FM range stops at 101 Mhz which is fine if I only want to listen to BBC National stations but all of my local FM stations are in the 101 to 104 Mhz area. So is there a way of receiving these stations on my Hacker? I'm not bothered about the stations not aligning with the dial so if it means everything gets squashed a bit to the left, I can live with that but I do need to receive the local stations as well if possible?

20th Apr 2017, 2:35 pm	#1
Specmaster Triode Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UK. Posts: 38	Hacker Sovereign II (RP25) tuning extended to 104 Mhz? I have just purchased one of these on Ebay to restore and also to compare against my HMV Diplomat as I was always under the impression that the Hacker Sovereign was the best sounding radio ever made. Now I have a Sovereign and able to compare side by side, I'm not so sure, both sound great but the build quality of the Hacker is far above that of the HMV. I was disappointed to note that the Hacker FM range stops at 101 Mhz which is fine if I only want to listen to BBC National stations but all of my local FM stations are in the 101 to 104 Mhz area. So is there a way of receiving these stations on my Hacker? I'm not bothered about the stations not aligning with the dial so if it means everything gets squashed a bit to the left, I can live with that but I do need to receive the local stations as well if possible?