been after my dad for 25 yrs for the tram he talked on when i was a kid"46 now" and he finally offered it up..he gave me a d201 one of the first model i belive as the grafics on the lower left are different than some i see.i could be wrong also..
he also gave me a d201a and as of tonight i cleaned the tubes and pluged it up and nothing,,must be a bad power supply.but,all the knobs and channel dial and everything works great,just no power.
but the made in usa d201 23 channel is in pristine cond with one nic maybe a 1/16th size and will touch up fine.
i was told by a few not to use it as the electrolic caps need replaced..
well it looks new in the bottom and top and dad bought it new..prob went in his closet 25 or more yrs ago and didnt even have much dust in it so cleaned the tubes and pluged it up.
been turning it on for a few hrs everyday now for a week tomorrow..i been using a magnetic k40 on the roof of my moble home and have listened 2700 miles so far with the skip rolling..here cali a few times arizona,rhode island,ny,nj,minnisota etc etc..i have talked to a local a few times and he said he never heard such a good sound in a long time..
tonight i have no clue but i went past the 27.5mhz to 470 "whatever that is,and the guy was only 100 miles away but sounded as good as any fm station i ever heard,i think they may have been ham operators.
today i hooked up the original avanti astroplane from the 70,s thats been with this radio since dad bought it all new..couldnt belive he still had the antenna...it was out under his pole barn still assembled,so i cleaned it up and put it15-17 feet to the bottom ring,figuring it would be better than the k40,but not sure seems about the same.
i also got a crank up tower today but that will be a while before repairing it and use it..
i also got 100ft of rg8 iirc heavy duty coax..im kinda wondering if the where the coax screws in the antenna if the part on the inside that i cant see could be messed up,but its sealed and all original and seems to look great..gonna get a swr meter tomorrow hopefully as im not trusting the s meter on the radio because i think it is sticking a lil bit as it never goes all the way to the left..not sure if its supposed to or not tho
also got the astatic no amplified d104 from the d201a hooked to the d201..also got the original manuels for both radios and all the literature with both big huge schematics for them..if pics dont post there one in my sig.
oh yeah,,the coax is prob 25 or more yrs old also,but looks great with no cuts,can it go bad from being old,like we do?
i never expected it to be so clean and new looking..it wasnt used much as he used the d201a all the time..should i really have the caps replaced as it seems to talk and recieve fine enen tho i still need o ground the chassis and ground the antenna..i only talked a couple short times and dont think i have hurt anything..gonna try to ground everything tomorrow..
could no antenna ground be why i dont feel it recieves any better then the low k40 im using??
Saturday, 30 November 2013, 0:46 AM
not sure why pics posted small so click on them to make bigger..check out the underneath pic of the wiring,its gorgeous lol..and i didnt clean it thats all original..the top side looks almost just as good but have to take pics of that..
john
