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Radio Scotland · 6th Apr 2021, 7:05 pm

Received this today complete with broken dial glass :' (Put a battery in it and got a loud crackle when I adjusted the volume control, but nothing else. So whipped the covers off it and tapped the dreaded AF117's transistors with a screwdriver and it burst into life. MW was working well but nothing on LW. It played for a short while but now it's stone dead, not a crackle. Nothing,

Voltage is reaching the on/off switch. Shorted transistor or capacitor?

Cheers, Jay.

6th Apr 2021, 7:05 pm	#1
Radio Scotland Heptode Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Posts: 671	Philips P3G38T Stone Dead Received this today complete with broken dial glass :' (Put a battery in it and got a loud crackle when I adjusted the volume control, but nothing else. So whipped the covers off it and tapped the dreaded AF117's transistors with a screwdriver and it burst into life. MW was working well but nothing on LW. It played for a short while but now it's stone dead, not a crackle. Nothing, Voltage is reaching the on/off switch. Shorted transistor or capacitor? Cheers, Jay. __________________ Help!! I've been electrocuted by a glass thing that glows