[Boatanchors] [External Sender] Zenith Trans-Oceanic repair

[Bill Henderson]

I suggest the transoceanicfanatic at groups.io

A LOT of knowledgeable folk there.

There are many things ("gotchas") to watch out for, especially if the
infamous extremely expensive and rather rare 1L6 tube is used in the set.

That tube is easy to destroy (don't ask...)

 - Bill H. / va3hwa



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On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 12:52 PM Lawrence Godek <lawrenceg94 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A friend of mine asked me to look his recently acquired Zenith
> trans-Oceanic radio over to see if i could get it working.  This am i
> started.  First of all when looking inside i see the dial cord has come
> off although it appears to be intact.  Secondly the 1 1/2 volt battery
> leads have no connections where it attach's to the battery.  Third, what
> was the other battery that was supposed to be in there, 22 1/2 volt or
> 90 volt?  The wiring is there but of course the battery is gone.  Fourth
> the power cord needs replacing as the insulation has opened up and it's
> on an under tension rollup wheel inside.  The radio isn't to dirty.
> That's as far as i've gone with it.  Oh yes, the pull up antenna is
> there and in good shape.  Also the map compartment is there and has the
> different maps and charts for time, stations etc.
>
> Found with the maps/charts were some notes showing the times of
> broadcasts from HCJB, Voice of the Andes on 19, 25 and 31 meter bands.
> VOA at 8:30 AM on 11.9 Mc, 25M.
>
> On 19Mtrs, YNN, Nicaragua, 11.875Mc, Ecuador.  Brazil Low frequency and
> 19M Tahaiti.
>
> For HCJB on 15.2 Mc it was the Musical Mailbag, 15.32, 15.4 and 15.5 Mc
> it was in English.
>
> On 25M, 11.5 Mc was morse, 11.79 Mc wa European & Ireland. 11.80 Mc
> Hawaiian and Call of the Andes.  11.90 Mc was DC, whatever that meant.
>
> On 31M, 9.61 Mc there was Music.  At 9.55 Mc the BBC, and 9.5 Mc Vietnam
>
> 19M was just shown as HCJB in Quito and a program called Capitol Squadron.
>
> No dates as to when these note4s were made.  Do you remember HCJB, Voice
> of the Andes and their cubical quad antenna?  Boy, those were the days.
>
> Anyway, does anyone know of someone who might do repairs on these Zenith
> babies?
>
> Larry W0OGH
>
> Cochise County, AZ.
>
>
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