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fixing an old country line radio

Cody Dixson

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hey yall! found this little beauty in my gmas shed
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its a bad ass radio! picks up more channel than my car radio

I believe the problem a soder connection. when you turn volume on it goes in and out and if you flick the knock or move it alittle it comes on.
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found this inside when I opened it up not sure what it's for..
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any info or help is always welcome and appreciated!
 
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That's a reproduction model (maybe 70's/'80s)...
That Cathedral case would have been a tube radio originally.
The item in your hand is the AM broadcast antenna (ferrite rod).
The Volume control probably needs to be cleaned (DeOX) I would suggest.
Looks like the AM/FM control is broken also...not sure looks like the connector tab is broken.
Enjoy
All the Best
Gary
 
Neat old radio. I was looking to see if there is a date code on the IC, but couldn't read it. If the last 2 numbers on the speaker are the date, then it was made around 1983. Would make it almost 40 years old.

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I figured she was a reproduction after I got the back off I was hopping to see some tubes in it but still gets down better than any other radio I've had.
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You have a reproduction...

The KA22471 IC is a FM receiver on a chip - looks like two tabs on the board by it were for the FM antenna

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- the AM ferrite rod antenna looks like it fell off and was hanging by wires until it too - broke.

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See how the placed wax on the "coil" of the rod
Look below, you can see a partial outline of the wax drip shadow...
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You can see a "Wax outline" of where they drizzled the wax onto the board to protect the tuning circuit - and the ferrite rod got it too.

One of those wires - went to the Variable cap - that lifted leg was possibly one wire - I'd send /Solder Blue wire to it - the FM antenna and AM possibly shared ground - look carefully at those two "tabs" by the IC chip one still has braided open wire soldered to ti - so looks like they pulled out some wiring too. Shame but it's fixable.

The "volume control" going in and out problem is from all that wax goo back there - you may have to pull the knobs off and yank te board out to reheat-rewash the volume control to get the residue wax off to restore it.

It will be a labor of love but a cool find though.
 

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Ahh haa grandad adjustin it
 

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