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Post by V8Vega on Oct 2, 2011 0:26:23 GMT -5
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Post by Tombstone (R.I.P.) on Oct 2, 2011 20:16:23 GMT -5
I don't know about that model and the Squires Sanders were supposed to be a decent radio. I can only remember one operator around here that ran one and it sounded great but those radios were in use during "The Summer of Love" era and my memory of those times is a little foggy. The mic in the picture is actually a Turner +2 with the Squires Sanders Logo. In the auction's description he says that he connected some kind of antenna to the radio and keyed it up, so that probably resulted in a very bad match and quite possibly damaged the final and or the final driver. He claims that the radio hums and I see what looks like a popped electrolytic filter capacitor so that would explaine the hum. I think that if the radio can be had for the price that's showing on the auction page, it would be worth repairing and would make a nice vintage rig.
Tombstone
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Post by cbrown on Oct 3, 2011 9:17:07 GMT -5
It was very common for Turner to private label their microphones to other companies. Looks like a nice rig, and it looks to be in pretty decent shape. It would ma ke a nice collector rig for sure. Here is a site with some more info on the Squires Sanders radios. www.radiopharos.it/SQUIRES-SANDERS,%20INC._n.p._4.htm |
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Post by V8Vega on Oct 3, 2011 22:27:11 GMT -5
Wow... thanks for the link! They were building solid state radios pretty early compared to others.
I like the cosmetics for sure. It's really unusual and looks like quality.
I think I'm going to take a shot at it.
One thing...should I be concerned about the meter needle resting on the right side like that?
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Post by Tombstone (R.I.P.) on Oct 4, 2011 8:25:27 GMT -5
Not to worry about the meter unless it's stuck in that position, which I highly doubt. A lot of the vintage or older radio's "S" meters would peg or almost peg at the high reading when turned off. Once you get the rig (if you do) the meter will drop down to the proper reading as soon as you turn it on and it warms up which will be quickly since it's transistorized. That's as long as there's nothing wrong but I think that you'll find some issues with it. Like I said, the filter capacitor looks like it's leaked according to the picture and that would explaine the hum. Let's hope that whatever kind of antenna match he had when he keyed the rig up didn't ruin the finals if the match was high. I've seen sellers of radios on Ebay say in their description that they keyed up the radio with no antenna connected at all and the transmit lamp came on so they then assume that the radio is good not knowing that they probably did damage by doing that. so......the meter reading is normal and I would buy it, adress and correct any issues, and end up with a nice vintage rig.
Tombstone
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Post by V8Vega on Oct 4, 2011 21:17:53 GMT -5
I'm scared now. This key down thing has changed my mind. I just got my 201A rebuilt and I'm not looking for another project.
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Post by Tombstone (R.I.P.) on Oct 5, 2011 7:15:53 GMT -5
I wouldn't worry about the finals, you don't know that they've been damaged by the key down with a bad match yet. You don't know either that that antenna that he used even produced a bad enough match to do damage. I don't know what transistors were used for the final and driver in that radio but depending on the availability of them, the job of replacing them is relatively easy and the filter capacitor is an easy replace too, so I wouldn't worry. If you like the radio, bid on it. I haven't brought up the austion for a couple of days so I don't know if it closed yet and for how much.
Tombstone
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Post by cbrown on Oct 5, 2011 8:49:33 GMT -5
13 hours left and $51 currently. I'd take a chance, that rig looks to be in great shape.
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Post by V8Vega on Oct 5, 2011 19:56:48 GMT -5
I'ts at $150.00 with 2 hrs to go...I fold. That radio is drawing way more attention then I thought it would.
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Post by Tombstone (R.I.P.) on Oct 6, 2011 4:59:36 GMT -5
Yes, $150.00 is too much, especially when the radio probably needs some work. Too dang bad, I was hoping that you could pick it up so that we could find out how well one of those perform.
Tombstone
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Post by cbrown on Oct 6, 2011 9:30:29 GMT -5
It sold for $210!  I agree though - even at $150 the radio was out of reach. I think I would have bid to $100 max. |
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Post by V8Vega on Oct 7, 2011 18:47:38 GMT -5
It's hard to bid if you don't know the operating condition.
Another thing that crossed my mind was the condition of the crystals. My tram ate 6,and that was a lesson learned.
It's a cool radio . The conditon of the wood (real veneer), fabric around the cabinet, and the mic. made it real desirable IMO.
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Post by cbrown on Oct 10, 2011 8:19:05 GMT -5
Older crystals are a problem, I agree. But to me it's not too big a problem. My Mark III Browning needed almost all of them replaced.
I assume in older radios I'll have to replace crystals.
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Post by V8Vega on Oct 12, 2011 20:47:29 GMT -5
Buying a bunch of parts for a Browning or Tram is different than buying them for that radio IMO.
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Post by cbrown on Oct 13, 2011 8:53:54 GMT -5
Crystals are pretty standard sizes, the frequencies may be different than other radios depending on how they mix them, but it's really not a big deal.
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