Ok, my Grandfather recently passed away and one of the many things I have inherited is an old RCA Multi-Band radio. I know it did/should work. I remember my Grandfather turning it on one time and the station it was tuned to was announcing the time every minute. However, now all it will do is crackle when I click the power knob on then it is silent again. When I click the power knob off it crackles again and that is it. It looks exactly like the one in this Ebay auction. Thanks for any help. I am hoping to find an owners manual when we get deeper into the house. He kept owner's manuals and boxes for everything.
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Need help with old RCA shortwave radio
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Mr RadioActive
Could be alot of things that would make a old radio no longer work. Many time the caps dry out after many years.
I found this on the WWV website this was the "time" you used to listen to. Which is still on the air, and can be used to align a radio with.
"NIST radio station WWV broadcasts time and frequency information 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to millions of listeners worldwide. WWV is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, about 100 kilometers north of Denver. The broadcast information includes time announcements, standard time intervals, standard frequencies, UT1 time corrections, a BCD time code, geophysical alerts, marine storm warnings, and Global Positioning System (GPS) status reports.
Broadcast Frequencies
WWV operates in the high frequency (HF) portion of the radio spectrum. The station radiates 10,000 W on 5, 10, and 15 MHz; and 2500 W on 2.5 and 20 MHz. Each frequency is broadcast from a separate transmitter. Although each frequency carries the same information, multiple frequencies are used because the quality of HF reception depends on many factors such as location, time of year, time of day, the frequency being used, and atmospheric and ionospheric propagation conditions. The variety of frequencies makes it likely that at least one frequency will be usable at all times."
I found this on the WWV website this was the "time" you used to listen to. Which is still on the air, and can be used to align a radio with.
"NIST radio station WWV broadcasts time and frequency information 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to millions of listeners worldwide. WWV is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, about 100 kilometers north of Denver. The broadcast information includes time announcements, standard time intervals, standard frequencies, UT1 time corrections, a BCD time code, geophysical alerts, marine storm warnings, and Global Positioning System (GPS) status reports.
Broadcast Frequencies
WWV operates in the high frequency (HF) portion of the radio spectrum. The station radiates 10,000 W on 5, 10, and 15 MHz; and 2500 W on 2.5 and 20 MHz. Each frequency is broadcast from a separate transmitter. Although each frequency carries the same information, multiple frequencies are used because the quality of HF reception depends on many factors such as location, time of year, time of day, the frequency being used, and atmospheric and ionospheric propagation conditions. The variety of frequencies makes it likely that at least one frequency will be usable at all times."
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SheepDog
Thanks Mike, I really appreciate the help. I finally got it working. I just kept playing with the Power/volume knob and BAM it finally started making static across the speaker. I am cruising some frequency listening to some spanish speaking people and two other people were discussing wether angels and regular people could have a relationship. I am loving this thing!
Thanks again Mike. I really do appreciate it. This radio really means alot to me, as weird as it seems, it reminds me of being with my Grandfather.
Thanks again Mike. I really do appreciate it. This radio really means alot to me, as weird as it seems, it reminds me of being with my Grandfather.
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Mr RadioActive
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djrebel236
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Mr RadioActive
Some tubes are getting hard to find, but tubes for most old radios aren't too hard to find. I like my Talking Machine, with a few spins on the crank, the thing plays records LOUD! I have to put a cloth in the horn to lower it, since its so loud. No tubes, no nothing, just gears, spring, horn, and a needle.
