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Unit199
Intermediate Member
Username: Unit199
Post Number: 222
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 5:10 am: | 
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A friend gave me this radio and it looks brand new. The modulation was down and when I adjusted the pot it brought volume up also and you can turn volume down and it is still to loud. the modulation pot turns volume up also. Does anyone know how I can get around this or tell me where I can get info on this radio? All help will be greatly appreciated.
HARVE |
Unit199
Intermediate Member
Username: Unit199
Post Number: 223
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 16, 2006 - 4:11 am: |
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Come on guys!!! Surely with all the people on the forum, someone has had or seen one of these radios. I am surely not the only one that has seen and operated one of these radios???? Where are all the techs that are out there???
HARVE |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 8979
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, January 16, 2006 - 10:44 am: |
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Unit199,
Sorry Harve but I never seen one before.
I had to go to Rig-Pix to find a picture of one.
After checking about 20 sites the only info I could find is the PLL is suppossed to be a s199ba with no frequency mods for it.
I will do more checking when i get the time and see if I can come up with any other info on it for you.
Lon
Tech808
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Kid_vicious
Senior Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 1040
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 12:30 am: |
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harve, usually when you ask for repair advice for such an obscure radio, people are hesitant to offer advice because usually their honest advice is, "junk it! its not worth fixing."
no one wants to come off as rude or unhelpful, so they just choose to move on to another post.
so, i'll give you my advice. (im no tech)
that radio would only be worth $10.00 in perfect condition at a garage sale, and isnt worth messing with.
sure, its fun to learn, and everyone likes a challenge, but it comes down to the fact that you are going to have to spend money on parts to fix it, and that money would be better spent on parts for a radio worth putting them in.
brand new, Sparkomatics were the equivilent of Kracos. they were sold at auto parts stores and K-mart.
matt |
Unit199
Intermediate Member
Username: Unit199
Post Number: 225
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 6:54 am: |
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Matt, I don't want to fix anything on it, because it works fine. All I want to do is bring modulation up to around 90%, but the modulation adjustment also brings up receive volume and it makes it too loud on receive and I was just wandering if there was a way to get around this. I just want it to operate properly like I do all my radios, whether cheap or expensive.
HARVE |
Hollowpoint445
Senior Member
Username: Hollowpoint445
Post Number: 1015
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 9:52 am: |
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Harve - Can you see a number on the board? I'm not an AM fan, but maybe someone who has a similar radio can help you. Also, can you post a pic of it so we all can see it?
Matt - Before you pass judgement you have to see this beautiful radio. I'd be glad to have one in my collection. |
Kid_vicious
Senior Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 1053
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 10:21 pm: |
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hollowpoint, you're right! its very pretty.
sorry harve, didnt mean to jump to conclusions.
i would be happy to have one too.
as for your question; it seems very strange that the modulation pot also turns up the receive volume.
my GUESS would be that the info you have is wrong, and that pot is actually for the AGC or the RF gain circuit.
this happens alot with typos on the net that get passed on as fact.
i'll look in the info i have and tell you what my info says.
what pot are you turning?
matt |
Unit199
Intermediate Member
Username: Unit199
Post Number: 226
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 4:06 am: |
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Matt, it is right on the board what the pot is for and I have a friend that has one and he says his does the same thing. This is a first for me.
Hollowpoint445, yes it is a vey nice looking radio and I am glad that it was given to me. I will look and see if I can find a number on the board. I will try and post a picture of it.
HARVE |
Unit199
Intermediate Member
Username: Unit199
Post Number: 228
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 20, 2006 - 9:00 am: |
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I was thinking about this post and I thought the purpose of this area of the forum along with the other areas were to help people. What differance does it make how much it cost or what kind it is? Maybe this could be a persons only radio and he can't afford to buy another one. If you are not going to help with question about radio, then don't post. Just my opinion.
HARVE
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Kid_vicious
Senior Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 1093
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 11:49 pm: |
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harve, im not sure if you were referring to me or not, but i have been searching for info on this radio for days now.
did you know there wasnt even a sams photofact made for this radio?
i can find no mention of this radio in the books i have or on the net.
i did find some others asking for info, but they never got any.
sorry i couldnt help,
matt |
Unit199
Intermediate Member
Username: Unit199
Post Number: 232
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2006 - 7:21 am: |
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Matt, yes I was referring to you, because I thought you were more or less telling me that I was taking up peoples time for a junk radio. I thank you for spending the time to try and help me. I looked all over for info on this radio and I still haven't found anything. Again I appreciate your trying to help as it is greatly appreciated.
HARVE |
Kid_vicious
Senior Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 1096
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 1:02 am: |
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i love to help, and i hate to give up.
you've got an anomally there harve, if you ever find info on that radio, post it.
you'll be the only guy on the net with it!
matt |
Unit199
Intermediate Member
Username: Unit199
Post Number: 233
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 7:52 am: |
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Matt, if I find any info on this radio, I will definately post it here on forum. Thanks again for all the help, just sorry we couldn't find anything.
HARVE |
Hollowpoint445
Senior Member
Username: Hollowpoint445
Post Number: 1052
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 7:52 pm: |
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I don't know if this would help at all, but this radio looks exactly like the Lloyd's A510.
I googled Lloyd's A510 and couldn't find anything about it, but another Copper forum member has a Lloyd's A510 - The_rev. You might want to email him to see if he has any information. |
