On 12/04/2021 23:05, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 12/04/2021 21:02, newshound wrote:
On 12/04/2021 18:24, Clive Arthur wrote:
I sometimes repair and refurbish Roberts DAB radios as a sort of
hobby. I do a few minutes a day while waiting for simulations to
finish, or just thinking.Â* There are a few fairly common faults and I
have the gear.

These are covered in a sort of leatherette, I suppose.Â* This is of
appalling quality and is usually very badly worn and torn, even after
a couple of years of just sitting on a shelf.Â* This is good, it makes
them inexpensive.

My "real" analogue Roberts from the 60's still looked good after 30
years.

Yes, I have a pre-DAB FM one and an old MW/LW RT1 from Harrods both of
which are good.Â* The problem was with the RD-50 and RD-60 models.Â* This
one is typical...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roberts-R...53.m1438.l2649


...some are much worse.Â* I had one which was an expensive gift, and
after a couple or three years it looked like that, though it had hardly
been touched.Â* Roberts deny it's a manufacturing fault, but they're
clearly lying.Â* Even some of the circuitry looks like it's been designed
by someone on work experience.

They lost their way, I don't know if they're any good nowadays.

Years ago my mum was throwing out an old AM tranny radio whose case was
getting like that - i seem to remember it featured red velvet that had
all worn off. I built a wooden case for it and veneered it and bought a
strap to complete it. She loved it and used it another ten years or so.

Ah. This was it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1...s/274753914426

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