I looked at what I have and do not have a titan I service manual. I have never seen a titan I branded only a titan 23 channel and then a titan II. it is basically a operator and service manual combined.. well only problem I just see is you are new and this is your 1st post. no way to send it to you until you get a few more post and you can get a PM. had to do some searching and found a link to where I got this manual
http://bama.edebris.com/manuals/tram/
Um, I gotta ask.
Have you restored many 1968 radios?
It's roughly fifty years old. You will find that some parts of the radio age gracefully.
And you'll find that other parts of the radio do not. Those parts may or may not work. Simply plugging it in and flipping the power switch is what we call the "smoke test" when a radio is this old.
If you don't get any smoke, it passed. Trouble is, that if you let any of the smoke out of it, you'll find that the smoke is expensive to "put back in", as they engineer types say.
Safely powering up a fifty year-old radio is a technique that calls for some tools not found in every kitchen-tool drawer.
If someone has already restored it, this won't be a problem.
And if everything in it is original, consider a 1968 car. Even if the mileage is very low, a lot of original parts just won't be any good after all those years.
Best of luck with it. I liked the original Titan radio better than the Titan 2. At least this one doesn't pretend to have sideband. The Titan 2 had only "pretend" sideband in it.
73
Very good advice for this new member. If this Titan hasn't been minimally recapped it's going to I need that done. Even if he were to bring it up slowly on a variac, and was lucky enough to get it to the proper voltage there's very little doubt in my mind that after a day week or if he's lucky a month before the capacitors begin to fail. Hypothetically, if I were to get a brand new Titan one in an unopened box (nos), I wouldn't plug it in and turn it on until the transceiver was recapped. I can't imagine that a variac is going to magically bring back capacitor liquids (oil) that have long since dried up and evaporated. Am I wrong? Is it actually possible to slowly bring up a a piece of equipment of this age, and then hook it up to an antenna and expect to use it without something failing? 73Um, I gotta ask.
Have you restored many 1968 radios?
It's roughly fifty years old. You will find that some parts of the radio age gracefully.
And you'll find that other parts of the radio do not. Those parts may or may not work. Simply plugging it in and flipping the power switch is what we call the "smoke test" when a radio is this old.
If you don't get any smoke, it passed. Trouble is, that if you let any of the smoke out of it, you'll find that the smoke is expensive to "put back in", as they engineer types say.
Safely powering up a fifty year-old radio is a technique that calls for some tools not found in every kitchen-tool drawer.
If someone has already restored it, this won't be a problem.
And if everything in it is original, consider a 1968 car. Even if the mileage is very low, a lot of original parts just won't be any good after all those years.
Best of luck with it. I liked the original Titan radio better than the Titan 2. At least this one doesn't pretend to have sideband. The Titan 2 had only "pretend" sideband in it.
73
Definitely worth $40. It doesn't look to be anywhere near something that would be considered an NOS. It looks nice and clean, but will definitely look a lot better after a restoration. I don't want to be the bearer of bad news but the chances are this tight and will need some restoration before it's ready to go on air. I've had some very minty pieces of equipment that weren't even as old as this one, and after a couple of weeks of operation components begin to fail. It's the nature of the Beast. I've never heard a tightened one on the air, but from what I've read it's supposed to be a very nice sounding AM radio. If I had to choose between the one or two, I would definitely choose the one. The whole double side band thing just never really worked out to my knowledge. Looks like you scored a very nice transceiver. Good luck my friend, and welcome. 73Well worth the $40 lol
Very good advice for this new member. If this Titan hasn't been minimally recapped it's going to I need that done. Even if he were to bring it up slowly on a variac, and was lucky enough to get it to the proper voltage there's very little doubt in my mind that after a day week or if he's lucky a month before the capacitors begin to fail. Hypothetically, if I were to get a brand new Titan one in an unopened box (nos), I wouldn't plug it in and turn it on until the transceiver was recapped. I can't imagine that a variac is going to magically bring back capacitor liquids (oil) that have long since dried up and evaporated. Am I wrong? Is it actually possible to slowly bring up a a piece of equipment of this age, and then hook it up to an antenna and expect to use it without something failing? 73
It warms my heart to see there's other's out there who are willing to keep the glass glowing.Got all new caps and going to do some of the 2 watt resitors.. thanks to Alan price for hooking it up for everything i need..rx is deaf right now but I will fix it for sure