[OldTechFan96]

This post is about the Roberts R600 I received from greg_simons.

When the radio was connected to a PP9 battery and switched on nothing could be heard. The radio was completely dead!

I used my Avo8 to measure how much current the radio was drawing. To my surprise It was drawing 2A of current!

Thinking that something was seriously wrong I put the radio away for a few days.

I had a look at the circuit diagram thinking that a component was shorted somewhere. Measuring voltage readings on one of the transistors revealed that barely any voltage was getting though.

This made me wonder If C24 (across the battery terminals) was shorted. I removed it and a resistance check with my DMM showed it to be shorted.

Once C24 was replaced the radio bust into life and performed well on all wavebands.

I would post some pictures but my mobile will not comply.

Thanks for reading.