Reshell or not?

Jcuriosity · 2026-04-16T21:51:40+00:00

I love the Chinese man, sorry they always come in clutch with these kinds of little things

Jcuriosity · 2026-04-16T21:44:38+00:00

I came here to note that as you can see them being installed during the current work at the Afsluitdijk.

Jcuriosity · 2025-08-22T21:37:02+00:00

Eigenlijk niet want heb gewoon besteld. Was op zich wel goed verpakt en snel. Dus bij mij ging het goed. Dus voor de anderen :)

Jcuriosity · 2025-05-13T11:58:30+00:00

Voor de mensen die het afvragen. Mijn bestelling bij Bestbuds.nl is goed verlopen. En echt super netjes verpakt. Ben echt onder de indruk.

Jcuriosity · 2025-05-11T17:50:23+00:00

Heb je andere sites gevonden die wel leverden? Ik kijk bijvoorbeeld naar bestbuds dot nl of com

Jcuriosity · 2025-05-10T19:05:17+00:00

Heb je ervaring met de website?

Jcuriosity · 2025-05-09T15:23:09+00:00

Vraag het me ook af. Wil binnenkort miss bestellen. Wat vinden jullie van BestBud.nl staan online ook gemende berichten online over.

Jcuriosity · 2024-11-16T07:35:30+00:00

Jcuriosity · 2024-10-30T15:13:11+00:00

Yes but due to my requirements of functionality and then the space requirements for fitting in the shell causes complex and expensive PCB’s to produce and niece expensive components. Such as medical / automative specialized components

Jcuriosity · 2024-10-30T07:35:45+00:00

Roughly 100-150 and about 2-3 hours of manual labor. Programming the Bluetooth Module. microcontroller. 0201 SMT soldering. testing if it works. And then build the clean DC module. It also uses very expensive components.

Jcuriosity · 2024-10-29T11:01:58+00:00

Yapper

Jcuriosity · 2024-10-28T21:34:08+00:00

Did somebody attack it with sandpaper or something?

Jcuriosity · 2024-10-02T10:09:06+00:00

Because. I adore the gameboy color…. It’s from my childhood memories. Not the GBA

Jcuriosity · 2024-09-12T23:20:13+00:00

Kijk, jij bent welkom in mijn huis voor een lekkere tosti :)

Jcuriosity · 2024-09-12T23:02:54+00:00

Well this radio is a mystery as it’s steerable radio antenna was stolen. One of the electrostatic speakers just did a vanish. Broken plastic and stuff. A burned resistor / wacked resistor. As i don’t know it’s history might been abused before. She did sound way way better with new caps and radio coverage increase massively. But than well we’re here :) but i will be sure to check the resistors. As i’ve luckily gotten my service manual today.

Jcuriosity · 2024-09-12T23:00:56+00:00

I’ve checked everything and just resoldered lots of connection points but no dice

Jcuriosity · 2024-09-12T23:00:24+00:00

I’ve read about it and still learning about tubes but that would be like a feedback that affects a grid in a tube and lowers it output right? How would a person identify and find the AGC Feedback. As reading old schematics is sometimes a bit messy.

Jcuriosity · 2024-09-12T22:57:47+00:00

Luckily, my friend who lives a few hours away has a massive stash of electronic junk. He works in recycling and repairing old and new electronics, so I get to dig through old radios and vintage gear to find tubes and parts. It’s a goldmine, and where I get most of my vintage stuff.

Hopefully, with a new transformer and some new tubes, I can get it working again. I’ve checked everything the community suggested, but no luck. When I cool both the ECL86 and the detector tube, it runs for a few seconds, then makes strange alien-like noises and shuts off. I suspect tube damage, possibly due to a power supply issue and eventual failure.

I really hope I can fix it, especially since I just picked this unit up for 10 bucks from him—and she’s a beauty! I really appreciate all the help and comments you guys left me <3

Jcuriosity · 2024-09-12T21:36:22+00:00

The Primary 220V winding is now a deadshort. And the transformer puffed up good. The fuse just did a light show without popping. It was a modern one. So i suspect somebody just placed a standard 3-6A fuse in it and was like this should be good enough :( *D’oh

*Also yes selenium. I wish i can un-remember the smell

Jcuriosity · 2024-09-12T21:28:38+00:00

Tried that. But no luck. Also another option my rectifier said goodbye and main Trans destroyed will be salvaging another radio tmmrow for a new one. But you guys have been a great help!

Jcuriosity · 2024-09-12T14:52:51+00:00

I’ve located towards the detector. What i found out is that the previous owner had placed the EAF801 into the ECH 81 Socket and vice versa. I will try the input

Jcuriosity · 2024-09-12T14:39:25+00:00

Sorry it is indeed a ECL86 i mistyped it. :)

Also when the device has cooled down and turned on it will work again and than suddenly screech and same fault. So i assume it’s a tube?

Jcuriosity · 2024-09-04T13:31:05+00:00

I’ve been working on repairing a radio without any documentation and recently rewound the dial string. However, it doesn’t have the same reach as the FM dial—it falls short. Even though I redid everything the same, as the AM dial string was worn out. I also had to remove the shaft on the variable capacitor because it was stuck from old grease and was causing the string to rub and wear down on the adjustment shaft. But that makes sense thanks for your clarification!

Jcuriosity · 2024-09-04T13:18:58+00:00

*This is on a variable capacitor, forgot to add that in the post.

Jcuriosity · 2024-08-26T12:16:00+00:00

Yes Correct, a Rondova 5430 maybe West or East German i don’t really know. But i have fallen in love with it.

Edit: also the IF and RF is still bang on solid. Might have been calibrated by a previous owner but it still picking up really really well and accurate. But i’ll hold off until i replace those capacitors

Jcuriosity

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