Sony ICF-36 Radio
Have this Sony ICF-36 four-band (TV/WX/FM/AM) portable from the
Goodwill. It works, but the band switch seems to be dodgy. It's a slide switch, which works fine for AM, but for all the other bands, it needs to be jiggled in order to receive the desired band. Otherwise, all I get is static. Also, I took the radio part to spray some contact cleaner into the switch, but it didn't help. Another thing, the radio receives part of the FM band on the TV VHF-Low band. Doesn't seem right, but that band is useless anyhow. The high-band setting is still needed since WX shares its beginning. |
Sony ICF-36 Radio
On 06/01/2015 16:22, Madness wrote:
Have this Sony ICF-36 four-band (TV/WX/FM/AM) portable from the Goodwill. It works, but the band switch seems to be dodgy. It's a slide switch, which works fine for AM, but for all the other bands, it needs to be jiggled in order to receive the desired band. Otherwise, all I get is static. Also, I took the radio part to spray some contact cleaner into the switch, but it didn't help. Another thing, the radio receives part of the FM band on the TV VHF-Low band. Doesn't seem right, but that band is useless anyhow. The high-band setting is still needed since WX shares its beginning. usually due to insulating layer of copper sulphide on the fixed contacts of the multiway switch |
Sony ICF-36 Radio
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Madness wrote: Have this Sony ICF-36 four-band (TV/WX/FM/AM) portable from the Goodwill. It works, but the band switch seems to be dodgy. It's a slide switch, which works fine for AM, but for all the other bands, it needs to be jiggled in order to receive the desired band. Otherwise, all I get is static. Also, I took the radio part to spray some contact cleaner into the switch, but it didn't help. Another thing, the radio receives part of the FM band on the TV VHF-Low band. Doesn't seem right, but that band is useless anyhow. The high-band setting is still needed since WX shares its beginning. In Japan, the FM audio band goes down to something like 76 MHz. Mark Zenier Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com) |
Sony ICF-36 Radio
On 7/1/15 12:22 AM, Madness wrote:
Have this Sony ICF-36 four-band (TV/WX/FM/AM) portable from the Goodwill. It works, but the band switch seems to be dodgy. It's a slide switch, which works fine for AM, but for all the other bands, it needs to be jiggled in order to receive the desired band. Otherwise, all I get is static. Also, I took the radio part to spray some contact cleaner into the switch, but it didn't help. Best solution is to go for radios with digital tuning? :) -- @~@ Remain silent. Nothing from soldiers and magicians is real! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and farces be with you! /( _ )\ (Fedora release 21) Linux 3.17.7-300.fc21.i686+PAE ^ ^ 22:09:01 up 3:37 0 users load average: 0.01 0.04 0.05 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa |
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