|
Success Stories If you have successfully repaired or restored a piece of equipment, why not write up what you did and post details here. Particularly if it was interesting, unusual or challenging. PLEASE DO NOT POST REQUESTS FOR HELP HERE! |
|
Thread Tools |
23rd Aug 2008, 10:19 pm | #1 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
Posts: 5,185
|
'Weekend' Job
I took pity on this filthy early 70's itt kb weekend & liberated it from it's owner
for £2 I remember one of my relatives having the same set & have never seen another since. As found it was covered in nicotine, paint spots & over 30 years of muck a very easy set to strip down though, 3 screws in the back, 4 screws holding the scale to the case, pull off the three knobs, slide off the bottom (battery cover) & your there. Firstly i applied power, & away it went, needing nothing more than a liberal dose of switch cleaner & a screw fitted to the base of the aerial to stop it flapping around. After scrubbing up the various bits with detergent & reassembly it now works well on all four wavebands Helped by a decent sized speaker. an unusual feature of this set,is the 'amp' pushbutton, presumably to be used via the din socket on the side of the set? Annoyingly it does not have a 'dc input' socket & pp9's are expensive P.S. the before pictures make it look a lot better than it was! Cheers Mark |
23rd Aug 2008, 10:24 pm | #2 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Bolton, Greater Manchester, UK.
Posts: 6,644
|
Re: 'Weekend' Job
These sets are pretty rare. Some 70's transistor portables had problems with the Output Stage blowing every few years.
Great set! Cheers, Steve P.
__________________
If we've always had it, why is the Car Boot open? You're not sneaking another Old TV in are you...? |
23rd Aug 2008, 10:35 pm | #3 | |
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Oxford, UK
Posts: 27,787
|
Re: 'Weekend' Job
You've done a nice job there. It's amazing what a good clean will do sometimes
Quote:
Paul |
|
23rd Aug 2008, 10:53 pm | #4 | |
Nonode
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Coulsdon, Surrey, UK.
Posts: 2,109
|
Re: 'Weekend' Job
Quote:
Even the 996 batteries ( they of the springy contacts) only cost me 1.99 each - which is great news as my Roberts 707 needs two ! Great Job ! A portable should remain, well, PORTABLE ! Andy |
|
24th Aug 2008, 1:01 pm | #5 | |
Dekatron
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
Posts: 5,185
|
Re: 'Weekend' Job
Thanks for the nice comments chaps, as Steve p says these sets must be quite rare now, as this one is the first i have seen for over 20 years!
Quote:
As i now have made a rechargeable PP9 https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ewpost&t=31508 And the set is working well on this Cheers Mark |
|
24th Aug 2008, 9:03 pm | #6 |
Octode
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Posts: 1,897
|
Re: 'Weekend' Job
Great job Mark the set looks new!
My cousin had one of these sets , he found it soaking wet thrown in some ferns in a wood when out walking his dog! At the time we couldn't believe his luck as the set could have only been a few years old at the time! after drying it out with a hair drier he put a battery in it and it worked,It was the Kitchen /diner radio for years so it couldn't have minded a humid atmosphere! I last remember it being at the back of his garage wired up to a motorcycle battery this would have been mid 80s at a guess,but knowing him its probably still there! I think yours is even better condition than his ever was maybe the muck helped protect it! Rich.
__________________
The rotation of the earth really makes my day... |
24th Aug 2008, 9:56 pm | #7 | |
Nonode
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Godalming, Surrey, UK.
Posts: 2,593
|
Re: 'Weekend' Job
Quote:
So here's the second one you've seen in 20 years .... Howard |
|
24th Aug 2008, 11:02 pm | #8 | |
Dekatron
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
Posts: 5,185
|
Re: 'Weekend' Job
Hi Howard,
Quote:
just a thorough clean up have had it on in the workshop all day, & sounds great Mark |
|
25th Aug 2008, 7:13 pm | #9 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Oxford, UK.
Posts: 17,820
|
Re: 'Weekend' Job
Where was yours made? The PCB has a Hong-Kong or Taiwan look about it.
Nick. |
26th Aug 2008, 8:32 pm | #10 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
Posts: 5,185
|
Re: 'Weekend' Job
Hi Nick, yes you are right, this is a hong kong made set
Mark |