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AndyWright · 1st Nov 2019, 3:41 pm

I can now report back that I've managed to get the motor to run at the correct speed.

I moved the weights closer to the gearbox housing. As the only neon bulb I had wasn't bright enough to properly illuminated the strobe disc, I resorted to trial and error, and managed to get good results at the third attempt.

Can anyone recommend what type of gramophone needle I should be using? Do I need soft lone, loud tone etc?

Thanks

Andy

Techman · 1st Nov 2019, 3:48 pm

You don't need a neon bulb, any ordinary mains bulb will do. It won't be quite as good to see, but will work perfectly well with a strobe disc, just so long as you don't use one of the new fangled low energy types of course.

Techman · 1st Nov 2019, 4:03 pm

As for needles - soft tone I would have thought. There were some specially manufactured for 'electric' pickups at the time, but you won't be able to obtain them now.

Station X · 30th Mar 2023, 4:32 pm

This is the only thread I could find relating to the Ekco TRG502 Radiogram.

Anyway I spotted one in the The Casa Gorordo Museum, Cebu, Philippines. I wonder how it came to be there? It doesn't appear to be an export set.

1st Nov 2019, 3:41 pm	#21
AndyWright Tetrode Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Bishop Auckland, County Durham, UK. Posts: 92	Re: Garrard AC20 I can now report back that I've managed to get the motor to run at the correct speed. I moved the weights closer to the gearbox housing. As the only neon bulb I had wasn't bright enough to properly illuminated the strobe disc, I resorted to trial and error, and managed to get good results at the third attempt. Can anyone recommend what type of gramophone needle I should be using? Do I need soft lone, loud tone etc? Thanks Andy

1st Nov 2019, 3:48 pm	#22
Techman Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 5,000	Re: Garrard AC20 You don't need a neon bulb, any ordinary mains bulb will do. It won't be quite as good to see, but will work perfectly well with a strobe disc, just so long as you don't use one of the new fangled low energy types of course.

1st Nov 2019, 4:03 pm	#23
Techman Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 5,000	Re: Garrard AC20 As for needles - soft tone I would have thought. There were some specially manufactured for 'electric' pickups at the time, but you won't be able to obtain them now.

30th Mar 2023, 4:32 pm	#24
Station X Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4, UK. Posts: 21,288	Re: Garrard AC20 This is the only thread I could find relating to the Ekco TRG502 Radiogram. Anyway I spotted one in the The Casa Gorordo Museum, Cebu, Philippines. I wonder how it came to be there? It doesn't appear to be an export set. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Graham. Forum Moderator Reach for your meter before you reach for your soldering iron.